Pacific Northwest Gardening: Taming the wild garden, 0 by PhilsFlowers

PhilsFlowers wrote:
I have been working in the garden and not doing much on the computer but tonight I decided to look in on this thread to see what has been happening and you have all been as busy as little beavers in your garden too and, from the pictures, it looks like you have all chosen very beautiful plants that will add to the enchantment of your garden.

Pixydish posted a picture of the Gunnera leaf and pedestal she made. What talent!!! The leaves were gorgeous but what I loved is how you finished the pedestal the leaves sit on. I particularly admired how you colored the pedestal. You have an excellent color sense and that pedestal contained all the pale colors I love. I hope when you have time you will send me an e-mail and tell me how you do the pedestal. I would love to do the leaves too but have no idea where I could get large enough leaves here so they would be wider than the pedestal.

Tillysrat made me green with envy when I saw her beautiful garden seat under the Purple Haze Clematis. This clematis is a perfect companion to the butterfly bush. I hope you spend many happy hours sitting there admiring the garden you have created, reading or just relaxing. It looks perfect for all three.

Pixydish wanted to start a new thread about color combinations and I thought you might like to see my deep Purple Iris and red Oriental Poppies. It is a very rich color combination and you don't want too much of it but we love them. Because the irises are so shiny, the sun in the photo makes them look paler than they actually are.