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Is your garden dull and boring? This guide explains how to mix and match exciting colour combinations to achieve expensive designer looks with a few simple techniques and create a beautiful outdoor space with displays of colour. An easy-to-use colour-by-colour plant directory, check lists, colour charts and planting plans will help you design a garden that works efficiently and looks beautiful all round with minimum time and effort.
Contents
Introduction Exploring Colour Combinations harmonies - contrasts - buffer colours Your Garden Palette yellow - blue - orange - purple - white - pink - red Colourful Foliage greens greys, blues and silvers - yellows and golds - reds, purples and bronzes - variegations Infinite Variety colour and light - the changing seasons - coping with extremes - creating illusions with colour - small gardens - larger gardens - colourful containers Colour Through the Year early spring - late spring - early summer - midsummer - late summer - autumn - winter Outdoor Decorating boundaries - verticals - the garden floor - containers - finishing touches Planting shape, texture and habit - building up a scheme - a cottage garden - an exotic garden - a gravel garden - a classic garden Index Acknowledgments
