Are you attracted by a particular colour?

If I'm in the garden centre I am always 'drawn' to deep reds and purples, if my Son is with me he can't resist yellow, does anyone else find this?

Val

 

Yes Val, purples for me too. Also burgundies and deep blues are favourites.

 

looking at the plants in my garden I would also say Purple. I have a couple of yellow and red, but that's only because I knew I had too many purple lol.

 

oooh - I love smokey pastel shades. I have trouble with harsh reds and yellows; only a dusty lemon floats my boat,
Jenny

 

Blues for me....not too keen on reds.

 

For me its not one colour, but a sort of mix. I like flowers that look like fire. You know, when they're sort of two tone/multi tone ranging from yellow through to deep red shades, all on the same flower. Some of my nasturtiums do it, and I've seen some wallflowers that do it too.

 

White ,White and more White because they are usually perfumed

 

Whites and Blues do it for me

 

Spoiler: Purple

 

For me any hot colours but I like to see a mixture in the garden

 

Pinks for me, flower-wise

 

If it's a single colour then my absolute Nirvana would be turquoise...................






Back in the real world however, it's more about colour combos for me. Much as I dislike pink it's perfect for Impatiens balfourii....................


Tricyrtis lasiocarpa is (IMO) an awesome colour combo....................


I do have a fondness for brown, green or black blooms too.

 

It changes - a couple of years ago it was pinks, then I started mixing yellows with pinks, then moved onto deeper shades of yellow and orange, now I've moved on to deep red and I do love a deep purple as well, like this Rhododendron Marcel Menard (darker in the flesh but the colour is very hard to capture):



Blue repels me, I hate the colour with a passion (apart from duck egg blue on a wall, but never in my garden). Shame I'm a Manchester City fan then

I have to say longk that I do like the turquoise of those flowers, very unusual.

 

Whites, creams and purples for me.