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Design Qualities of Perennials
The four main design qualities to consider when
choosing and using perennial plants are:
Size
Form and line
Form and line
Texture
Texture in white
Color--warm
Color--cool
Color--primary
Color--secondary
Opposite colors--purple, orange
Opposite colors--red, yellow
Opposite colors--red, blue
Opposite colors--yellow, purple
Adjacent colors
Foliage grass colors
Monochromatic oranges
Monochromatic white--Ontairo
Sissinghurst white bed
White astilbe, solomon's seal
Sissinghurst red garden
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Author: Leonard P. Perry
Extension Professor
University of Vermont
Email: lpperry@zoo.uvm.edu
Home Page: http://www.uvm.edu/~pass/perry/
Other information:
The basics of design features of perennials, and examples of how they may
be combined. Created 2/27/98.
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