Creating color combinations
It is very important to harmoniously combine floral plants in coloring flowers or inflorescences.
Orange, yellow and pure red warm tones are visible from a distance and bring plants closer to the viewpoint.
Red combines with white and green, orange and yellow - with green, purple, blue.
White color approximates, increases plants, neutralizes the inharmonious interaction of tones, so plants with white flowers share disparate tones.
Blue and violet colors remove and reduce objects, in poor light pale and merge with green. To avoid this, they must be separated from the green by white color.
In addition to harmoniously contrasting colors, plants can be arranged so that the colors gradually pass one into the other. For example, pink - in a dark pink, then in a crimson, etc.
If in the flower garden in the foreground there are bright flowers of warm tones, on the back - cold, it will visually increase its space. If done on the contrary, the background of the flower garden will approach, and its space will shrink.
In addition to color, a very important role in the decoration of decorative compositions from plants is played by their shape, which, unlike the color, practically does not vary in time and can serve as the basis for the composition. Under the form should be understood the general habitus of the plant: its height, type of structure, texture. Leaves, perhaps, the most expressive means, creating a general impression of the plant - its color, shape or simply the nature of the surface. The nature of foliage often determines the way the plant is used, its place in the vegetation of the site. The dense and significant surface area of the foliage increases the mass of vegetation in such a way that it becomes loose, lush and dominant.
Plants with a round or pyramidal shape of the bush can serve as an accent in the flower arrangement. They are also suitable for ordinary planting.
Plants with a fine leaf structure, such as cereals and sedge varieties, are best planted in groups on an even open area.
Plants with coarse leaves of coarse structure are better to use as solitaires, because in the composition they suppress neighboring plants.
Plants of spreading form with flowing or overhanging leaves require a quiet background, emphasizing their individuality.
Openwork complex leaves, on the contrary, give the appearance of the plant lightness and refinement. Of great importance is the fact whether the venation of the leaf is thin or, conversely, rough, as far as the surface of the leaf is smooth, covered with hairs, as if frosted with frost, glossy or matte. The beauty of the leaves becomes especially noticeable in green plants. A variety of herbs and ferns are suitable for shady areas of the garden, in which flowers are quite rare. In these places, you can best use their capabilities. The combination of powerful, large, rounded and narrow herbaceous leaf forms is best suited for the design of the site near the water or the edge of the shore, which corresponds to their natural character.