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12 years ago

How about some color? I like taking pics of color combos...here are some fave combos.

South Seas & Highland Pinched Fingers

Open Hearth & Nutmeg Elf

Primal Scream & Heavenly Dragon Fire

South Seas & Trahlyta

Heavenly Dragon Fire & Cosmic Sensation & I Remember You

Orange Dream & Cameroons

Mary's Gold & Midnight Magic

I also like Pink & Red together, Yellow & Purple, and white with any color makes it POP!

Let's have some fun...post you combos!

Dani

Dani

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crackingtheconcrete
12 years ago
Wow, Dani! Those are neat! It's like Colorblends for daylilies. Lol
I don't have any of my own to share, but I really like your 1st and last combos especially! :)
marricgardens
12 years ago
I'll keep watching this thread because I'm in the planning stages for some new beds and need some ideas. I hope others post some pictures because I need ideas! Your combos are great! South Seas and Trahlyta are both on my spring list so its nice to see what they look like together, gorgeous. Marg
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Prettypetals_GA_7-8
12 years ago
Dani, your daylilies are so pretty. I love you color combos too. Judy
nat4b
12 years ago
Your first two pictures are my favorite color combinations.
I also like white and reds together.
newyorkrita
12 years ago
Great, great, great. I especially love those first two pictures.
floota
12 years ago
OK, I'll play! Sometimes the colors I like here come from daylilies grouped together, but most often, I like the mix of daylilies with companion plants. Here are a few combos I like:
Here is RAPID EYE MOVEMENT along with GREY WITCH and TROPICAL DEPRESSION.

This is a couple of years ago, because I got rid of the blue forget me nots ( too weedy) This is QUASIMODO with forget me nots.

BANANA PEPPER SPIDER with Monarda 'Prairie Sunset' and Perovskia:

I grow PRIMAL SCREAM beside EGGPLANT ESCAPADE and from time to time take pictures of the two. This really shows the contrast in bloom size!

One bed has some doubles growing together. These are PEACH MAGNOLIA and BIG KISS:

Here's a weird combo but I still like it : PRESUMED INNOCENT and BROWN WITCH:

OCTOPUS HUGS shows well with some yellow asiatics:

I took this in the evening, as DESERT ICICLE bloom is more faded than it is in the AM. This is DESERT ICICLE with Echinacea'White Swan.'

VELVET ICE with Liatris. I've always liked red and purple together, as weird as it may seem:

ROSE F KENNEDY with Kalimeris. Jim Murphy recommended this perennial to me, as it blooms all season with nice airy blooms.

COOL TWISTER with more monarda 'Prairie Sunset.'
mantis__oh
12 years ago
Well, I have lots of shots that fall into this category--not for a good reason, but because my plants are sometimes too close together.

BLIZZARD BAY AND BORDER LORD

ROCK SOLID and HERON'S COVE

PASSION FOR RED and SARA CHRISTINE

PEGGY JEFFCOAT and MALAYSIAN MONARCH

SARA CHRISTINE and unknown pink

ORANGE VELVET AND WHITE PERFECTION

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Ginny McLean_Petite_Garden
12 years ago
I love, love, love color coordinating! All of these pics are awesome ladies!! Being a quilter, I have so much fun playing with colors and just as much fun in the garden!

Floota, I love red and purple together, also pink/orange/red combo! My favorite combo pic of your's is Octopus Hugs!

Dani, I love the first pic of the warm colors orange and yellow. I always try and put those warm colors together in a patch. This year I put South Seas, Norman Lee Hennel, Mary's Gold, Decatur Bullseye, G. Willikers and Hot Town together in a bunch. I'm hoping for a warm storm next year! Purple and orange are so bright together too! I just planted Heavenly Dragon fire as well! :)

TFS ladies!

Ginny
marricgardens
12 years ago
Boy,these combination plantings are giving me ideas. I hadn't even thought of the different size blooms! Something else to plan for. I honestly can't say that there is a combo here that I don't like. Daylilies just seem to go with everything! Marg
lisa_3
12 years ago
I like the dark purple and yellow combo, and Quasimodo and Rose Kennedy
shive
12 years ago
Dani - You have some wonderful combos! My favorite is Mary's Gold and Midnight Magic.

Floota - My favorite of yours is the Banana Pepper Spider with the Perovskia.

Mantis - Peggy Jeffcoat and Malaysian Monarch is my favorite of your combos.

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Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
12 years ago
I can't pick one. They all WoW me. What a wonderful subject for a thread Dani....One Question, Velvet Ice shown here is red, it isn't on Tinkers. What gives?....Maryl
dani_plus_2
Original Author
12 years ago
WESTWARD WIND AND SPARTICUS ADORNED
ROSE F KENNEDY with Kalimeris

Those are my 2 new favorites...I have been trying to spread around my echinechea because I think it rocks with daylilies, too.
floota
12 years ago
SORRY - I was tired! Four that begin with "Velvet" grow here and I got them mixed up.
VELVET EYES pictured above:

The real VELVET ICE by Matthew Kaskel- a great early season bloomer.

Just to show why it gets confusing, here is VELVET RIBBONS:

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and VELVET WEB:
dementieva
12 years ago
ORANGE VELVET and WHITE PERFECTION is a Dreamsicle. ;)

Here's the only combo I have a picture of:

TIC TAC TOE and a blue agapanthus (which hadn't entirely opened yet).

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Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
12 years ago
Thanks for the update on Velvet Eyes. It really caught MY EYE, so I'm off to look it up on Tinkers. Is it colorfast?...Maryl

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