Colour!

Such a personal thing – colour. Some like muted colours, some vibrant. Most people agree that colours you’d never wear together work in the garden.

Maybe the calmness of whites and pinks work for you or the vibrancy of red, orange and yellow. I did a border a few years ago near Inverness that I called mellow yellow: despite red, orange and yellow being in the border it worked, thanks to Achillea terracotta. Unfortunately not a long lived plant in our climate.

I have a dislike for pale pink and yellow together, but if you throw in purple, that might rescue it.

And of course our perception of colour is entirely different to the one’s of pollinators!

Whatever it is that works for you – enjoy it as colour is good for the soul.

pictures: Picture 1: Inula and Crocosmia Lucifer with peacock butterflies, everything goes on picture 2 – the cerise pink brings it together, picture 3 a white border (not easy with our Highland light – white shines more in places like Sissinghurst. But our autumn colours are better – I think!), picture 4 all about foliage no flowers – but still colour!