Colour for every space
E veryone has their own colour sensibility, their own preferences, their own taste. Who knows whether or not our common colour language actually equates to the same colours perceived. Let’s hope it does. We use a common language to talk about it and share an enthusiasm for using it, though every one of us has our own colour sense and our own way of applying it in our gardens.
Colour plays a vital role in all our gardens, whether it is cunningly conceived or accidentally achieved, the first impression that we receive, be it in our own gardens or anyone else’s, is of colour. As our intellect gets to work and takes over, other aspects take on greater significance.
Our brains may register form, pattern and stature, but perhaps colour has the greatest effect. So how do you use colour in different locations to manipulate the space or respond to the specific conditions? Can colour make a small garden look bigger? What colours work best in a shady spot? Certainly food for thought.
“You need to deal with succession. It is an exciting adventure to think about how plants will follow one another”
