SCALE Size of House

House too big for bed space House too small for yard and plant selections Just Right!

COLOR COMBINATIONS! Color Wheel Photo courtesy of http://projects.cbe.ab.ca Color Theory 101 Primary Colors Secondary Colors Tertiary Colors Red Volunteer Daylily REDS Red Prince Weigela

Red Twig Pardon Me Daylily Dogwood

Winterberry

Strawberry Fire Ball Seduction Burning Bush Yarrow Crimson King Norway Maple

Bloodgood Japanese Maple Fanal Astilbe REDS

Little Henry Itea

Cardinal Flower Korean Maple Viette’s Little Suzy Black Eyed Susan YELLOWS Happy Returns Daylily Stella d’Oro Daylily

St. Johns Wort

Zagreb Coreopsis

Golden Glory Forsythia Dogwood Rainforest Sunrise Hosta YELLOWS

Little Rocket Sum & Substance Ligularia Hosta

Elm Leaf Goldenrod

Common Witchhazel

Citronelle Coral Bells False Blue Delphinium BLUES Indigo

Rozanne Geranium

Catmint

Globe Blue Spruce

Hawaii Blue Ice Amsonia Rose of Sharon Jack Frost Brunnera BLUES

Blue Zinger Krossa Regal Sedge Hosta

June Hosta Trevi Fountain Lungwort Endless Summer Hydrangea Meyer Dwarf Lilac VIOLETS

Caradonna Salvia Caesar’s Brother Iris

Summer Wine Ninebark Purple Dome Aster Sweet Summer Love Clematis VIOLETS

Obsidian Coral Bells

Midnight Rose Coral Bells

Black Negligee Snakeroot Oakleaf Hydrangea ORANGES

Asiatic Lily Orange Daylily

Butterfly Weed

Black Hawk Mountain Ash Sundown & Tiki Torch Coneflowers JN Strain Musclewood

Fall Fiesta Sugar Maple Autumn Blaze Maple Mandarin Lights Azalea ORANGES

Caramel Coral Bells

Beaver Creek Cutleaf Stephanandra Fothergilla Neutral Colors GREENS

Thriller Lady’s Mantle

Emerald Green Blue Forest Juniper Arborvitae

Star Power Calgary Carpet Juniper Juniper GREENS

Green Velvet Boxwood

Ostrich Fern

Fragrant Bouquet Hosta New Jersey Tea WHITES

Minnie Pearl Apple Serviceberry Phlox

Calatrava Rose

Sweet Autumn Clematis Shasta Daisy Variegated Maiden Grass Ivory Halo Dogwood

Magical Fantasy Weigela Jack Frost Brunnera WHITES

Ice Dance Sedge Annabelle Hydrangea

Variegated Solomon Seal

Cutleaf Stephanandra Goatsbeard Kobold Prairie Blazing Star PINKS Emerald Pink Creeping Phlox Queen of the Pixie Meadowbrite Prairie Coneflower

Hummelo Spice Island Viburnum Lambs Ear Prairifire Crabapple Sentinel Crabapple

Candymint Crabapple

Royal Raindrops Crabapple Hot Lips Turtlehead PINKS

Endless Summer Hydrangea Tojen Toad Lily Ruby Spice Summersweet

Delft Lace Astilbe CORALS/SALMON Flower Carpet Amber Rose

Georgia Peach Coral Bells Coralburst Crabapple Calypso Rose Complimentary Colors = Across

Tiger Eyes Sumac

Wine & Roses Weigela Little Devil Ninebark

Goldmound Spirea Knockout Rose Analogous Colors = Next to each other WARM vs. COOL Colors Pick a Palette, Choose a Theme…..

• Hot Colors • Pastels • Cool Colors • Jewel Tones • Monochromatic • Complimentary/Contrasting Colors

SOME LIKE IT HOT…….

Caradonna Salvia, Flames of Passion Geum, Happy Centennial Forsythia, Scarlet O’Hara Peony, Purple Showers …..IN SPRING Violet, Magic Carpet Spirea SOME LIKE IT HOT….

Red Volunteer Daylily, Black Knight Buddleia, Fireland Yarrow, Ames St. John’s Wort, Butterfly Weed, My Hero Rose, Pink Double Delight Coneflower, Zagreb Coreopsis …..IN SUMMER SOME LIKE IT HOT….

Fireworks Goldenrod, Purple Emperor Sedum, Red Feather Arrowwood Viburnum, Viette’s Little Suzy Black-Eyed Susan, Purple Dome Aster, Fire Ball Burning Bush, Autumn Joy Sedum …..IN AUTUMN COOL CHARACTERS

Marcus Salvia, Albert F. Holden Lilac, Hyperion Daylily, Amsonia, Purple Dome Aster, Blue Clips Bellflower, Lady’s Mantle, Grefsheim Spirea, False Blue Indigo, Etain Violet PRETTY IN PASTEL

Frau Dagmar Rose, New England Aster, Mongolian Gem Allium, Limelight Hydrangea, Meyer Lilac, Firewitch Dianthus, Koreanspice Viburnum, Amsonia, Walker’s Low Catmint JEWEL TONES

Etoile Violette Clematis, Siloam June Bug Daylily, Little Mischief Rose, Caradonna Salvia, Center Glow Ninebark, Pardon Me Daylily, Ozawa Allium, Goldstrum Rudbeckia, Ruby Jewel Barberry, Emerald Pink Phlox, Mars Midget Pincushion Flower ANNUALS

Photo courtesy of The Paine Art Center and Gardens MONOCHROMATIC

Photo courtesy of the Paine Art Center & Gardens Oshkosh, WI MOONLIGHT GARDEN

White Clips Bellflower, Montrose White Calamint, Minnie Pearl Phlox, Ivory Halo Dogwood, Blue Zinger Sedge, Unique Hydrangea, Morning Light Miscanthus

GROUNDCOVERS Canada Wild Scotch Moss Ginger Irish Moss

Karmina Geranium TEXTURE COARSE LARGE BROAD ROBUST GROOVES/BUMPS JAGGED vs. SMOOTH Frances Williams Hosta State Street Maple Legacy Sugar Maple

Korean Maple FINE THIN LACY AIRY DELICATE GRASS-LIKE

Endless Summer Hydrangea Twist and Shout Hydrangea Montrose White Calamint Zagreb Coreopsis Amsonia hubrechtii Willow Leaf Amsonia GRASSES Overdam Reed Grass

Karl Foerster Reed Grass Shenandoah Red Switch Grass Northwind Switch Grass Little Bluestem Grass Autumn Moor Grass with Daffodils Dwarf Fountain Grass Prairie Dropseed Grass With St Johns Wort Tara Prairie Dropseed Grass Golden Japanese Forest Grass Astilbes Dwarf Goatsbeard Maiden Hair Fern Ostrich Fern Lady in Red Fern Ghost Fern Ostrich Fern & Ghost Fern with Coral Bells: Citronelle, Caramel, Midnight Rose, Green Spice, Prince of Silver Black Negligee Cimicifuga, Visions Astilbe, Canadian Columbine, Lilac Fairy Epimedium, Honorine Jobert Anemone June Hosta, Sum & Substance Hosta, Goatsbeard, Ligularia The Rocket, Palace Purple Heuchera, Hot Lips Turtlehead FORM & SHAPE Form and Shape

GROUPING vs SPECIMENS

LAYERING

SHORT CUTS Marcus Salvia SHORT CUTS

Mini Star Columbine

Pardon My Purple Bee Balm Firewitch Dianthus Lucerne Blue-eyed Grass

Ozawa Allium Summer Peek a Boo Allium My Monet Ames St Johns Wort Weigela

Tor Spirea Tina Sargent Crabapple

Firebird® Crabapple Sargent Crabapple Autumn Moor Grass Tara Prairie Dropseed Grass

Carousel Little Bluestem Grass DeGroots Spire Technito Arborvitae Arborvitae

Sester Dwarf Blue Spruce Slowmound Mugo Pine Fire & IceHosta SHORT CUTS

Ghost Fern Fire Island Hosta

Golden Tiara Hosta

Green Mountain Boxwood Ostrich Fern & Ghost Fern with Coral Bells: Citronelle, Caramel, Midnight Rose, Green Spice, Prince of Silver

Potentilla

Ames St Johns Wort Crispy Spirea

Tor Spirea JN Strain Musclewood

Amur Maple Little Devil Ninebark

Barberry Hybrid Coneflower

Pixie Meadowbrite Coneflower Blue Hill Salvia

Veronica Bloomstruck Hydrangea

Endless Summer Hydrangea

Twist & Shout Hydrangea Black Hills Spruce

Colorado Blue Spruce Center Glow Ninebark

Purple Sandcherry Meyer Dwarf Lilac

Reblooming Lilacs Quick Fire Hydrangea

Red Prince Weigela Corneliancherry Dogwood

Birch too close to structures