| Have you ever walked by someone's front garden | | | | decide on a general theme for your garden, you |
| and thought - what were they thinking? The mixture | | | | should think about color preferences. Although there |
| and variety of plants seems to make no sense and | | | | is no hard and fast rule as to mixing plant colors, you |
| are placed haphazardly all over the place. Although | | | | will certainly want to avoid planting anything that |
| you most definitely need to choose a variety of | | | | clashes (much like if you were decorating a room). |
| plant types and colors for your own garden layout, | | | | Hot climates are suitable for bold, strong colors, |
| how do you know when you've gone too far? How | | | | whereas a cool climate will tend to lean toward more |
| do you keep your garden design focused, yet | | | | muted, serene colors. Pastel colors will bring a restful |
| interesting at the same time?Create a ThemeBefore | | | | feeling to your garden.Choose Contrasting PlantsKeep |
| you even place a plant in the ground you should | | | | texture in mind when choosing plants. Texture |
| decide on a theme. Take a good look at your home | | | | provides visual interest and appeal. Look at various |
| style and your planting terrain, while also keeping in | | | | leaf colors, shapes and sizes. A few things to look |
| mind the climate in your area. A tropical theme may | | | | for are plants that have soft, feathery leaves, while |
| be something you greatly desire, but if you live in a | | | | some are spiky. There are plants that grow small, |
| very dry, arid climate, that's going to be a tough | | | | leathery leaves while others produce large glossy |
| garden to maintain.Choose a Color SchemeOnce you | | | | leaves. |