Choosing the Right Color Scheme For Your Landscape

When it comes about preparing your landscape, one of the most effective ways to create it is by following a particular color scheme. It is needless to say that color is a gift to landscape that you need to utilize in the most effective way rather not considering it as a problem that you need to solve. Maybe at the beginning, the task seems to be intimidating, but following these effectively, you can create a stunning landscape with the right color scheme choosing artfully, accidentally and of course creatively.

Twisting with Blue

The color blue is so enormous that we find it everywhere in nature – from the uplifting summer skies to the gloomy mists. Therefore, how could you keep this undeniable hue away from your landscape boundary?

From Swiss gentians, English bluebells, Texas bluebonnets to California ceanothus – this color establish an emotional heft. In fact, you have a wide range of flowering options like English delphiniums and the Himalayan poppy that can excel the beauty of your garden to another level. Along with that you have beautiful options like amsonias, ceanothus, lupines, phlox, salvias and other natives of America as simple option.

Styling with White

A one-color white garden is just like appearing in a little black dress on a catwalk that defines style. From the emotional aspect, we can say that the white color is associated with purity and peace, but when it comes about the visual treat, white color demands attention. If you choose small white flowers mingling with other colors, it can give a good lift. But by using a block of white flowers within your landscaping space definitely compels eyes to stop there. The classic choices of plants for white color are Rosa mulliganii and regal lilies.

Empowering with Red

With the color red, the inevitable words like energy, power, passion are associated that make it a strong color option. Although some gardeners hesitate to use this color in their landscaping scheme, but the fact is that red does not seem aggressive when you combine it with the fresh green foliage because on the color wheel, red sits just opposite to green. Therefore, it is a complementary color. Of course, red attracts attention, but you need to use it intelligently by placing it at the mid to close range since it absorbs light on the whole. Great examples of red flowers are red ‘Bishop of Llandaff’ dahlias and red lilies with the contrast of dark foliage and black gravel.

Dying with Brown

For many gardeners’ landscaping color scheme, brown may not be an important option, but when the frost engraves, the shade of brown combining with silver and gray can create a flattering neutral as you find in many well-trimmed grasses and perennials. There is the growing popularity of this ornamental grass and for the addition of this color scheme, fall seems the best time for landscaping. You can consider the latest trend of tall pampas grasses, miscanthus and pennisetum or the luxury and sumptuous ‘Velvet Queen’ for this group.

Heighten with Green

Of course, you cannot imagine a landscape without the presence of green as it adds diversity in the concept and geography. Talk to your landscape designer about what you need to take into consideration with the shades of green in your landscaping design.

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