Botanical Design Studio

05/18/2024

Some spring must haves for a sunny landscape! You won't regret planting these.
1. Heather
2. Ornamental Crab Apple (or regular crab apple!)
3. Phlox subulata - If you plant multiple colors, they will continue to pollinate with each other, popping up other places in the garden. Sometimes they create a subtle new color.
4. Spring bulbs! Plant these in the fall for color the next spring. And likewise, plant fall bulbs for extra color in the fall.

05/01/2023

Why does this view work artistically? 👉

Second picture shows the harmony of complimentary colors blues & orange/yellows.

Third picture shows the same harmony but with complimentary colors red and green.

There's also a distinctive foreground, middle ground and background. Within this is a mixture of soft vs rough. Soft grass vs rough stem and tree.

Take a minute and try to appreciate the small viewpoints you may daily encounter, see if you can find why your view works.

05/01/2023