Nothing has such an immediate impact on the atmosphere in a garden as beautiful color combinations of fragrant flowers. When it comes to putting together a color palette for the garden area, you can choose it according to the garden design you want. If you're going for a cheerful and inviting environment, choose flowers and foliage in light and medium pastel tones. If you and your guests want to feel a dynamic atmosphere in the garden, choose a contrasting mix of fiery red flowers and dark purple foliage. For a calming feeling, it's best to go for flowers in peaceful blue and white for cool combinations.
Don't know exactly where to start? Take a look at the garden beds below in three appealing color palettes, each creating a specific mood for the landscape.
Why should you even bother with a color palette?
The diversity in a gardencan sometimes seem overwhelming. Instead of presenting beautiful color combinations, the garden looks cluttered. Sticking to one color scheme for plantings will give your outdoor space a balanced look. It will also help you avoid impulse gardening purchases. It's up to your personal taste, but a helpful rule of thumb in this case would be to limit it to five different colors. Although this may seem limiting, balanced planting can harmonize the appearance of your garden without compromising the diversity of plants.
Happy and welcoming
Use beautiful combinations of medium blue-green, light green, dark purple, light orchid, bluebell. Experience Monet's Garden at Giverny with watercolors of pink, blue, violet, green and soft yellow. Pastel colors feel fresh and harmonious in the garden. They transition smoothly from one soft shade to the next. Howthe first flowers in spring, the pastel colors appear cheerful and inviting. This makes them a good choice for planting in the entrance and front garden.
Beautiful color combinations with pastel colors can contain all the tones of the color wheel. Adding a plant or two of saturated color can keep the color palette from looking washed out. A dark purple perennial would be a suitable option in this case. If you are onBlue and purpleconcentrate, create combinations that create a calm feeling in the garden. This variant is suitable for planting on the sidewalk.
This London floral display features an inviting pastel-colored border surrounding a leafy seating area. The tall spikes of pink and pale lavender foxgloves and peonies offer beautiful color combinations amid the green borders.
Also think about evergreen shrubs. This is all about the first color palette that allows you to combine colors with the garden in a warm way. Let's see what the second palette could offer us.
Dynamic and energizing
In our second suggestion we offer you combinations of pomegranate, dark purple, ocher yellow, periwinkle and gray-green. Contrasting jewel-toned palettes draw attention and make eye-catching frames to be seen on the stones. Gardens using these rich and beautiful color combinations shine all year round. But they are particularly dynamic in late summer and fall, when they complement the deeply saturated tones of the red, orange and amber leaves of the changing trees.
Gardens that feature beautiful color combinations with jewel color palettes benefit from hues chosen on opposite sides of the color wheel, such as orange and blue orYellow and purple. The combination of green or flower-colored plants in very complementary hues sets each color apart from its neighbors. Dark purple sage, blue catnip and orange California poppies were planted in this coastal garden.
The picture below shows the same garden, which proves once again that it is very important to arrange the colors in the garden. Here we notice the sage with yellow flowers growing between dark purple sage and berberis, creating a beautiful contrast.
Here is another idea to achieve beautiful color combinations in the garden. The striking tones of the fiery orange flowers contrast with the dark leaves.
And what do you think about this planted walkway? It is also important to connect colors with the garden. With a palette of orange and purple tones, a real gem was created in the garden design.
Beautiful color combinations in the garden for a calm atmosphere
The third and final color palette includes five shades that can help create a calm atmosphere. You can see combinations of green, white, dark blue and sky blue. The blue and white flowers create a landscape that appears calm. So you can see that the lighter shades have been preferred for this palette. To better match the colors to the garden, consider using evergreen plants.
The designer of this garden relied on a mix of hydrangeas with white and blue flowers, medium blue veronica, purple-blue catnip and white roses.
The blue and white flowering plants are ideal for planting near the pool. Opt for hydrangeas with large white or blue flowers, for example by combining them with a white ornamental grass. The smooth surface of the water reflects the sky, which brings even more beautiful color combinations to the garden.
Matching colors to the garden doesn't necessarily have to be a difficult task. In the garden above, the lavender-blue flowers of the Russian sage mingle with the lush white colors of the hydrangeas and the evergreen foliage of the beech tree. At the same time, they contribute to the calming atmosphere.
