WHAT IS A GOOD SPRING COLOR MIX THAT'LL POP?

Turn your colorful garden Into your property's star.   

Color is only one of the landscape design elements and should not be the only thing you consider when creating your overall landscape theme. However for this specific purpose we’ll use an individual flower garden bed located at the entrance of your property, the offices, common areas or marquee as an example where the principles of design and color apply. The primary difference is that color is even more important in these garden areas, since this is the place where we usually want color to be the star.

The Color-Wheel Categories
The spectrum of colors is divided into four categories:
·       Primary colors: reds, yellows, and blues
·       Secondary colors: greens, violets (purples), and oranges
·       Tertiary colors: Blends of the primary and secondary categories
·       Neutral colors: White, grays, and silvers.
      The secondary colors are produced by blending two primary colors in equal proportions. Thus, red and yellow combine to produce orange, yellow and blue produce green, and red and blue yield purple.
       Combining Colors. 
        Cool Colors vs. Warm Colors.   One way is to divide them into warm colors and cool colors. Blue, purple and green are considered "cool colors" and their impact on viewers tend to be relaxing and calming. Thus, for a meditation garden, blue and/or purple flowers are logical choices. Red, yellow, and orange are considered "warm colors," and they tend to excite and invigorate the viewer.
 
·       Also, combining warm and cool colors can change the perception of depth. Place flowers with warm colors in the foreground. Behind them, position flowers with cool colors, starting with darker shades (such as purple), followed by shades that are successively lighter. This will create an illusion of depth. You can also create this illusion by placing larger plant material in the foreground, then tapering off the size of your plants as you work your way in deeper. The effect is to make the garden seem much larger and deeper than it actually is.
  
·       Warm colors like red can make overly large spaces seem smaller and more intimate. The warm colors appear to come forward in the landscape and seem closer than they are in reality—thereby scaling down the whole landscape in the process.
       
·       The warm colors are naturally born attention-grabbers since they bring a mood that arouses rather than relaxes. To draw visitors into a space, create a focal point using red, yellow, or orange—or all three.

We have access to about 70 different types of color flowers and bushes but they will go fast. This is the time to plan your spring color before they are gone!

Since 1992, Oklahoma City-based Landscapes Plus has provided full service landscape solutions to commercial property managers and owners. Contact Steve at 405-613-2933 or James at 405-410-3084 to see how our experience can bring benefit to your property.