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Red, White, and Blue
Looking for more color? Paint something! A wall, a planter a chair or bench. Set if off with strong, contrasting colors. Here, painted containers in white and red contrast with patriotic blue. They’re all planted with white flowers—dianthus, petunia and oxalis. Add interesting accessories to give charm and personality.
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Wild & Casual
Grouping “airy” plants together gives a wild, casual look. African basil provides a bit of color, a scented geranium gives the composition heft, and a Plectranthus gives a look of abundance by spilling to the ground.
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Sensational Container Garden
This sensational container garden is composed of two coleus varieties, one red and one chartreuse; a pale pink Dragonwing begonia, deep pink calibrachoa; red gerbera daisy; and variegated Duranta, and golden Lysimachia. The repeated theme of chartreuse foliage is what holds this complicated composition together.
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Wildflower Effect
This exciting hot-colored, summer border is composed of Verbena bonariensis, Salvia clevelandii, yellow verbascum and red penstemon. The airy quality of the plants create a stunning wildflower effect.
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Color Pop
No summer garden should be without black-eyed Susans or Rudbeckia. Make the color pop by contrasting with various red New Zealand flaxes, large and small. Peeking over the tops of the black-eyed Susans is a clump of Russian sage, or Perovskia.
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Be Fresh
A totally new look: houseplants and other tropicals packed into a fire engine-red glazed pot—all to be enjoyed outdoors! Packed tightly together are bronze-leaved Ipomoea, chartreuse pothos, Calathea (with patterned leaves) and variegated Tradescantia, among other petite tropical plants.
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Succulents and Aloes
Succulents and aloes provide wonderful, low-care architectural interest, and are great choices for containers. The rosette of a red Aeonium becomes the focal point and a sedum spills out to the side.
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Calming Effect
When plants are massed, they give a calming effect. The large clump of silvery artemesia sets off the hot pink shrub rose, catmint and other low-growing herbs—all clumped for greater effect.
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Hot Colors
Hot colors are perfect choices for summer borders since strong sun can wash out pastels. Here, Alstroemeria and gaillardia provide the punch, with salvias providing complementary contrast. Lilies, cosmos and penstemon add to the cottage garden look.
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Repeating Colors
Repeating colors provides unity in plant compositions. Here, the red tones of Japanese bloodgrass echo the red stems of the ornamental banana and perilla as well as the leaves of red barberry. The pink coneflower gives this combination the kick it needs.
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