Most people love to see a variety of color in a flower garden. Along with the mix of sizes and shapes of shrubbery, getting colors to pop and draw the eye to a visual treat is most important.
This is not easy to do and you must know a bit about every type of flower being grown. Flower garden landscape design is very interesting.
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Monarda, or Bee Balm, plants have tall, brightly colored flowers that attract bees.
Hydrangeas can stand alone and be wonderful, but imagine them as the focal point in a diverse garden setting.
When planting a tiered garden, with taller shrubs in the back, let hydrangeas be the mid-level plant (buy a type that doesn’t get super tall), with short annuals or perennials in front.
A word of caution about Monarda – it spreads, so if you don’t want it growing all over, plant it in a big pot to keep the roots contained.
I also like the idea of adding interesting grasses beneath the hydrangea, but be careful you don’t disturb the roots and remember that the more you plant the more water the plants will drink.
Dainty, waving cosmos flowers are a wonderful addition to any garden. Their pink and white colors would offset a blue hydrangea nicely.
It will depend on where you live as to what you can plant. I now live in Florida so my one hydrangea plant grows beneath a large shrub near other tropical plantings.
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