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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Dark Queens and Black Knights II - colour combinations

Lately I have thought about the difficulties of marrying black blooms with other plants. Indeed if a little black dress goes with everything in fashion, in the garden things are quite a bit more difficult.
So here are a few combinations, to fuel our taste for adding some black mistery to our borders and pots... 



Tulips Black Parrot , Shirley, Helleborus Niger, Convallaria M.


Cosmos bipinnatus Chocolate, Stipa Tenuissima , dutch Iris combination




Daylilly Dusk Trug, Iris Crinoline, Hollyhock Black Magic, Cosmos Daydream, Begonia Evening Glow



Heuchera Chocolate Ruffles, Rudbeckia Cherry Brandy, Daylilly Jungle Beauty

4 comments:

  1. Ah, lacrimioare roz ... o feerie. Votez prima si ultima combinatie. La prima, m-au dat gata lacrimioarele, la ultima, crinul junglei. O sa le visez ... esti vinovata de doua noi obsesii.

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  2. imi asum responsabilitatea pt instigare la colectionat... ;-)

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  3. Los primeros lirios negros los admiré en Italia, me impresionaron pero no me atrajeron, seguramente no estaban el entorno adecuado.
    Un saludo.
    Maruxa.

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  4. Maruxa gracias por tu comentario. Tienes razon, si mo aciertas las combinaciones, los colores tan oscuros pueden resultar bastante apagados.

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