Botanical Design Studio

Some spring must haves for a sunny landscape! You won't regret planting these.
1. Heather
2. Ornamental Crab Apple (or regular crab apple!)
3. Phlox subulata - If you plant multiple colors, they will continue to pollinate with each other, popping up other places in the garden. Sometimes they create a subtle new color.
4. Spring bulbs! Plant these in the fall for color the next spring. And likewise, plant fall bulbs for extra color in the fall.

Why does this view work artistically? 👉

Second picture shows the harmony of complimentary colors blues & orange/yellows.

Third picture shows the same harmony but with complimentary colors red and green.

There's also a distinctive foreground, middle ground and background. Within this is a mixture of soft vs rough. Soft grass vs rough stem and tree.

Take a minute and try to appreciate the small viewpoints you may daily encounter, see if you can find why your view works.