Specialty Gardening: What plant combinations are you planning this year?, 1 by gemini_sage

gemini_sage wrote:
Loving the pics!

sanna, great summer invoking images, and lovely color and texture combinations.

tabasco, you must come down and poke around the petunias (or in this case, the lilies)! We'll have to go to my favorite greenhouse in Paris, about 20 minutes from here too! That is an extra lovely Hibiscus, love the way it darkens toward the throat.

jkom, I love seeing the exotic selection your climate allows you to grow outdoors, and how you so beautifully combine them! Are there winter blooming bulbs that will grow in your area? I've been reading about the winter growing species gladiolus; many beautiful species, but not an option for my area without a cool greenhouse. There are other South African bulbs that are colorful in winter too. dmj1218 and wallaby1 (both frequent the Bulb forum) are very into them and could point you to some that might perk up the winter blahs.

Another area I'm working on is where I'm using what I call "sunset colors", peaches, pinks, salmon, melon, coral, etc. with blues, purples, and white here and there. I'm getting really excited about this area, with tons of lilies on the way to go there. Now that I've quenched this years lily craving, I'm looking to roses- this area has got to be full of them! I "need" every one of these:

http://www.palatineroses.com/roselistsearch.jsp?name=&color=...

...and several of these:

http://www.palatineroses.com/roselistsearch.jsp?name=&color=...

...and the flower circus series!

http://www.palatineroses.com/roselistsearch.jsp?name=&color=...

In case you can't tell, I think roses look good with everything!