Tuesday, May 17, 2011

A Blue Garden

At an estate garden in Los Angeles I have been fortunate enough to guide and direct over the last 8 years, a recent spring visit gave me pause at an area of the garden that is limited to blue and white flowers. This design and most of the English style garden is in the spirit of Gertrude Jekyll's color specific borders and features Delphiniums, Geranium 'Rozanne', Felicia amelloides, Campanula 'Birch Hybrids', and scattered edging of white and blue Lobelia. The border also includes textural Irises that will soon bloom purple and is backed by grey green Pittosporum crassifolium 'Compacta' and blue Hydrangeas that will carry it through the summer.

On this particularly cloudy day, the blues reached a vibrancy that was breathtaking. It is these moments that gratify me most as it only serves to inspire me to find more ways to combine plants with textures and colors that create stunningly sublime gardens.

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