One-color gardens can also be beautiful. Bold white flowers, like lilies,
dogwood, magnolias, and lilies-of-the-valley work very well together to produce
a monochromatic garden with a variety of flower shapes and sizes. Other
monochromatic garden suggestions include orange gardens, using flowers like
tulips and Klondike cosmos, or all-blue gardens, with
flowers like mop head hydrangea and morning glory.
If you have plans to plant a garden using bright colors and the flowers you
want are not yet in season, try choosing one flower with a bold color, a
smaller flower to accent, and foliage to complete the rest of your flower
garden. This will not only allow you to plant your garden without having to
wait a whole season, and you’ll be able to showcase your flowers more
exclusively; sometimes simplicity is best, and foliage can really add an
understated elegance to your garden.
If you’re new to gardening, test your ‘garden vision’ out first in a small
planter before making a space in the yard. Plant the flowers you have in mind
for your larger garden using soil from your yard to see which plant flourish
best. Then, when you’re ready, transfer your new garden to a more permanent
home, and add more flowers (or take away some) to continue changing the look of
your garden.