Pacific Northwest Gardening: Plant Combinations, 0 by estreya

estreya wrote:
I've been doing a lot of daydreaming (not to mention note-taking) about what plants i'll be piling atop a nursery pallet come Spring. One of the things i'm perhaps overly preoccupied with is the notion of "plant combinations," that is to say, two or three plants that may be lovely individually, but when planted together are just jaw-dropping gorgeous.

What plants do you folks grow in combination for peak visual effect? Trees? Bushes? Perennials?

I've attached a photograph of our former home up North (how i DO miss those gardens!), because it represents the look i'm trying to achieve in our new (and hopefully final) home. I love the combination of mexican orange blossom, a bush i can't remember the name of, rose and white lilac against a backdrop of clematis vine. I'll certainly try to replicate that combination here in some fashion.

Any thoughts?

PS: Photographs - Attach em if ya got em! :)