tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post46722589210955800..comments2024-03-24T10:06:36.115-03:00Comments on Bloomingwriter: Gardening in Nova Scotia: Colour in the Garden: Be Bold!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107236871193698777noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-17180068174409855062008-02-22T12:16:00.000-04:002008-02-22T12:16:00.000-04:00Your photos are great. No designer, Id say you wer...Your photos are great. No designer, Id say you were. I am not a fan of pastels much either, except in the deep shady spots in my yard.Whyitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12243528765489096681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-46284339206436027112008-02-21T17:06:00.000-04:002008-02-21T17:06:00.000-04:00I'm drooling... such great amounts of color you pa...I'm drooling... such great amounts of color you pack into a garden, Jodi! And I admit that I like the orange and blue combo in your garden, even though I'm not sure that I would have it in mine.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-26719249322439524412008-02-21T01:20:00.000-04:002008-02-21T01:20:00.000-04:00I'm still over here in this garden drooling. I mig...I'm still over here in this garden drooling. I might need some chocolate--I'll be here awhile! It's all so pretty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-37233566140583770902008-02-20T12:40:00.000-04:002008-02-20T12:40:00.000-04:00Hi again, Jodi :-)Great post on colour. As you kno...Hi again, Jodi :-)<BR/><BR/>Great post on colour. As you know I am also a Christo fan when it comes to colour and planting so you are preaching to the converted here. However, I was delighted to see you singing the praises of Sarah Raven :-D<BR/><BR/>Sarah Raven is also a presenter in a BBC Gardening programme where she is often seen in her own garden too where she grows cut flowers. She is also Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12956905954971466579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-5991263940106827262008-02-20T11:27:00.000-04:002008-02-20T11:27:00.000-04:00Colours are food for the gardener's soul. I love t...Colours are food for the gardener's soul. I love them all! Finding good combinations is extremely satisfying and gives me a real sense of joy and appreciation for the gifts of the garden.<BR/>I love the blue and orange! <BR/>That's a great way to use containers. I like to put a lot of my annuals in pots too, so that they don't get overtaken by the voracious perennials.Kerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18362584475435433892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-16770312621701755052008-02-19T17:15:00.000-04:002008-02-19T17:15:00.000-04:00Great photos and some wonderful combinations. I'm ...Great photos and some wonderful combinations. I'm planning an orange and blue garden - I too like that combination!Phillip Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546160918395373740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-11343104252769789992008-02-19T15:36:00.000-04:002008-02-19T15:36:00.000-04:00I'm spreading the love around today, bloggy love t...I'm spreading the love around today, bloggy love that is, so I've posted today about your lovely blog. I adore visiting here when I am able to!<BR/><BR/>Have a great day!!Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09302867009278680416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-84752269069106303352008-02-19T15:19:00.001-04:002008-02-19T15:19:00.001-04:00Jodi, I think you are a garden designer! Like your...Jodi, I think you are a garden designer! Like your color combos and if it make you happy that is all that matters!<BR/><BR/>I tried to leave a comment on the geography blog, but it didn't work (or I don't know how!) anyway, finally got my post done.beckiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06400859161321357279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-59887642677018364052008-02-19T15:19:00.000-04:002008-02-19T15:19:00.000-04:00Jodi, I think you are a garden designer! Like your...Jodi, I think you are a garden designer! Like your color combos and if it make you happy that is all that matters!<BR/><BR/>I tried to leave a comment on the geography blog, but it didn't work (or I don't know how!) anyway, finally got my post done.beckiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06400859161321357279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-36341800158459980922008-02-19T14:09:00.000-04:002008-02-19T14:09:00.000-04:00Your garden photos are beautiful. This is a great ...Your garden photos are beautiful. This is a great post.<BR/>Yellow is the predominant color in our desert plantings, along with orange. Occasionally there's a plant with purple flowers, but mostly yellow and orange. It gets boring, so I try to mix it up with foliage colors. My favorite flower color is blue, rare in this climate. I do intersperse red with the oranges and yellows, and it looks Aiyanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07965231556910803575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-2743749703753035332008-02-19T10:38:00.000-04:002008-02-19T10:38:00.000-04:00Wonderful color post waking my tired snow white ey...Wonderful color post waking my tired snow white eyes, Jodi. Dainty blue corydalis ia a favorite of mine but disappeared this past year as well as the yellow. I love the right combo of wild pink/orange together. Another favorite, which I don't have enough room for but admire, is naturalized Flanders Poppy & Bachelor's Button, warming my heart when I see them wandering through fields.joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569378877717221045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-34167058064358642542008-02-18T23:20:00.000-04:002008-02-18T23:20:00.000-04:00Your color wheel is wonderful--I especially like t...Your color wheel is wonderful--I especially like the wine red/gold contrast. You mention that you do allow a few pastels--any particular ones?Doctor Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17228482895645818453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-76053799149721499482008-02-18T22:09:00.000-04:002008-02-18T22:09:00.000-04:00Yep, I ain't a garden designer either. Just let co...Yep, I ain't a garden designer either. Just let color run riot and revel in the chromatic intoxication.<BR/><BR/>Blue and orange are complimentary colors, opposite sides of the color wheel as purple is to yellow and red to green i.e. each enchances the other so the blue look bluer and orange, oranger so that's probably why you like the corydalis/wallflower color combination.Kihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05576859749293959381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-82278717831079132342008-02-18T21:56:00.000-04:002008-02-18T21:56:00.000-04:00I love the pics and your whole blog. I just came o...I love the pics and your whole blog. I just came over to tell you I posted my first blooms for this year. Daffodils, of course.<BR/><BR/>As for colour, I like them all!<BR/><BR/>Great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-18313131227960235702008-02-18T21:18:00.000-04:002008-02-18T21:18:00.000-04:00I've always thought that pastels worked well in yo...I've always thought that pastels worked well in your climate as it is so much like the English climate. It's surprising to find that you need to use strong colors that we in the Midwest have to use in full sun to avoid the washed out look.Mr. McGregor's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911409327006498766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-49482235035943184472008-02-18T20:12:00.000-04:002008-02-18T20:12:00.000-04:00Beautiful color in your gardens! I really use a lo...Beautiful color in your gardens! I really use a lot of pink purple white and yellow however I rather like the look of your orange even though I have never used orange in my garden!!<BR/>HUmmmm...perhaps you've inspired me to think on that one!! In the meantime I continue to be snowed under mountains of snow banks...long wait yet for Spring !! We met during the OWOH event! Nice to meet again :)NGNaturegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00177418253271097079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-9314543655909426592008-02-18T18:26:00.000-04:002008-02-18T18:26:00.000-04:00Every flower is the exception to the rule no matte...Every flower is the exception to the rule no matter what color. I don't feel any color clashes when you're talking about flowers. Well maybe someone could create an "ugly" garden but I'd bet it would take more work than a carefully designed one.<BR/><BR/>Glad you got your sidebars adjusted. It was a treat seeing new catchildren photosWiseAcrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383341492994868833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-80565180396606217902008-02-18T18:04:00.000-04:002008-02-18T18:04:00.000-04:00I'm not familiar with either of the books you ment...I'm not familiar with either of the books you mentioned, so they get added to my loooong list. Also... hadn't thought much about the effect of fog/rain/drizzle on flower color in terms of washing it out. Something to think about for foggy coasts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-12978821272665787842008-02-18T15:59:00.000-04:002008-02-18T15:59:00.000-04:00Your gardens are worth waiting for! You must take...Your gardens are worth waiting for! You must take advantage of every single gardening moment during your shorter growing seasons. I enjoyed your entire post. Your site looks great (thanks, Ryan!) and I'm now heading to brew myself a cup of chai and ponder my Spring plans! :-)Shady Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05007816271406393818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-36142190663310760812008-02-18T10:44:00.000-04:002008-02-18T10:44:00.000-04:00I love your colour combinations - the first photo ...I love your colour combinations - the first photo is stunning, and I'm stealing the blue and orange for this year. Marigolds to go with my plumbago ???Sue Swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053188212601918182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-91919833665158222142008-02-18T09:51:00.000-04:002008-02-18T09:51:00.000-04:00jodi, I know that you already have it, but I also ...jodi, I know that you already have it, but I also have given you the award for excellence :) so pass by to pick it up :) metaforically :)Ewahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02460827662984311538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-90310183602255340322008-02-18T02:35:00.000-04:002008-02-18T02:35:00.000-04:00Jodi,I love the color combinations, funny enough I...Jodi,<BR/><BR/>I love the color combinations, funny enough I really like the blue and organge combo. Thanks for all the great photos.<BR/><BR/>SeanMad Man Bamboo Nurseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16453053848433990196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-58461056206682133662008-02-18T01:37:00.000-04:002008-02-18T01:37:00.000-04:00Hi all and welcome as always!Frances, you're a pre...Hi all and welcome as always!<BR/><BR/>Frances, you're a pretty fine inspiration for TN gardeners who want to try different colour ideas!<BR/><BR/>Nancy, that blue-orange always makes me smile--had a blue hyacinth in an orange forcing glass, and while not quite the same colours, the effect on me is instant cheer. <BR/><BR/>Lisa, That sounds like a perfect colour combination to me! Orange, Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107236871193698777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-60771764871103121962008-02-18T01:01:00.000-04:002008-02-18T01:01:00.000-04:00You know I love it!!! That first pic says it all--...You know I love it!!! That first pic says it all--just go for it. That's what I like about gardening. If you don't like it, move it, or don't use it again. I buy plants both on impulse and planning. I can always find a place for it. I am going to start collecting some very big planters and dotting them about the garden. I love the drama of different heights, textures, and the challenge of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-61895413850882875662008-02-17T23:26:00.000-04:002008-02-17T23:26:00.000-04:00I love the container garden in the first picture. ...I love the container garden in the first picture. I could just sit and stare at these colorful pictures.<BR/><BR/>I've always been fond of pinks and purples and hated orange. Since I'm specifically trying to grow things that will attract butterflies and hummingbirds to my yard, I'm adding more red and bolder colors. I loved the bright colorful zinnias last year, even the orange ones.<BR/><BR/>Robin's Nesting Placehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05894844125547373328noreply@blogger.com