What fun! Makes me smile!

I like it! Any color combination that nature would combine in the wild works for me in a garden. It looks natural. And, happy! :-)

Cameron

I guess this is "designed by nature", since the black eyed susan reseeded itself smack dab in the middle of my coneflowers!

I love it!! Very colorful,complimentary and fun.
cyn

They go very well together. I plan on WSing both ech. and bes, if all goes well i'll have tons. The bes would look great next to a darker ech.

i think i am going to have to do this combo now... thanks for the pics!

Gotta love that combination. Very cheerful. Thanks for posting it.
I think I have that in my garden too somewhere.

I have this too. lol As bright and gaudy as can be, but I love it:
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Love the combos - I am stealing both of them right now!

pitimpinai -- I have that same combo using Jacob Cline monarda and gaillardia. I love it, too!

Cameron

Hi -Beautiful combos ... Nature painted earth to look a bit like Heaven right? Here's one combo I dearly love ... one was rescued from a sidewalk construction ... just couldn't pass up!!! Â;)

Click pic to have a good peek! LOL Thanks for viewing! Â;)

Here is a link that might be useful: Bonnie & Clyde/P Cone & Chic!

Hi - 'forgot to ask pitimpinai - is that Joe Clyne w/ Ech - vibrant & healthy!!! Mine didn't do too well this season ... simply drooling over yours ... luv Monardas!!!

TIA

Here's another twist that caught my eye, and also semi-natural (as both are "native").

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Ditas,

That combo is very pretty too.
I also have Echinacea with Liatris spicata 'Kobold' with Geranium lancastriense & Lamb's ear at their feet.

That's Monarda 'Gardenview Scarlet' and Rudbeckia hirta. The Monarda does exceltionally well this year. In fact my entire garden does exceptionally well this year...probably thanks to the snow and rainfall we had all winter and spring.

Wowser, coolplantsguy, have that combo too, but my Helenium is smothered by Northern Sea Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium) at this miniute. lol. That grass has grown to 3 ft. this year swamping the Helenium. :-D And I have some short blue larkspur and Chinese forget-me- not and Eragrostis spectabilis at their feet. In fact, the larkspur are actually inside the clumps of Purple Love grass...short ...perfect size for stocking plants. The Purple Love Grass will bloom in August....
:-D

I have helenium planted behind echinacea too, and this year I'm going to collect seeds from my Prairie Sun rudbeckia and plant that where my lousy Sunrise echinacea are. Should be really pretty. The monarda are almost done blooming, but I have that next to my echinacea as well. I just wish the monarda didn't get powdery mildew so bad, and wish it would fill in more. Have to find a good mildew resistant monarda and replace the ones I have, though I love their colors.

Karen

Ooowww, I love all the combos here and will probably steal them too. LOL Here's another purple and yellow that I think works nicely together. I wish I had a pic with more of the blue phlox but couldn't find one.

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I have another combination that I like:
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Coreopsis lanceolata 'Gold Fink', Brodaiea 'Queen Fabiola', Geranium lancastriense and Berberis 'Helmond Pillar' with Miscanthus sinensis 'Morning Light' behind it. In fact the Monarda and Rudbeckia hirta above is behind this whole group.And I have annual Poppies between the Berberis and Miscanthus too.

On the other side of the small path are:
Liatris spicata âÂÂKoboldâÂÂ, Yellow MexicanâÂÂs Hat, Allium âÂÂGlobemasterâ Seed heads, blue Centaurea cyanus and blue Platycodon . The platycodon is gone this year. It's too stuffed right there. :-) Oh the small trees are Betula nigra 'Little King' for winter interest:
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The other side of the Miscanthus âÂÂMorning LightâÂÂ, Monarda and Rudbeckia above is this:
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Feverfew and Lilium Regale Album.

Another favorite combination:
LambâÂÂs Ear , Berberis âÂÂBonanza Gold" and Allium albopislosum or cristophii with Phlox paniculata and a huge Hosta 'Kossa Regal' behind it and a group of Colchicum whose variety I have forgotten next to the Berberis:{{gwi:20212}}

This is a much-loved combination:
Rose âÂÂTiffanyâÂÂ, lambâÂÂs ear and Allium albopilosum/cristophii. I think I am losing the rose, though, because the Clematis âÂÂPrince Charlesâ above it is overwhelming it. Lol.
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