When I first saw this garden at one of our flower shows, unusually for me, I thought it was too colourful.
Now, barely two weeks into Becky’s month of BrightSquares, I’m starting to question if it is all that bright. It seems my perspective is being stretched, perhaps to the point of no return.
Already yesterday I had been wondering where this is all going to lead. Are we going to blow out all our brights in one great, glorious goosh then find ourself left with only drabs and dulls? Only time will tell.
Susan Rushton 
I tend to prefer subtle, but perhaps we need all the brightness we can get at the moment.
You’ll be fine with the dulls then 🙂
‘Subtle’ or ‘understated’ are the words you’re looking for!
I’m giggling away here
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What a beauty – I could sit there right now!
The drinks look tempting too.
“One great, glorious goosh”! Oh, yes: go for it! But left with drab and dull? Not a chance! Meanwhile, what is that thing in the upper left-hand corner? It looks to be brown and white and wavy. A sculpture of some sort?
It’s a leaf. One of those architectural ones. There was a bit of everything in here. I’m sure the designer would be delighted that you interpreted it as sculpture.
A leaf?! Wow. I could not have guessed — thanks! This would not be a place I’d relax in, but I’d love to be busy in it!
I doubted myself so I went online to check and sure enough it’s a leafy plant.
oh my, what colour – not sure if I’d want it or not but certainly bright. I am sure we will keep finding bright – the more you look the more you see!
I was only teasing with the dulls and drabs… certainly wouldn’t want a month of them though, especially not after winter.
ooh no, definitely not!
There is certainly a lot going on here. Sometimes less is more? But it is definitely bright and the Verbena bonariensis is lovely, I think I have lost mine and although I keep looking I can’t see any sign of seedlings.
Plus the contrasting foliage in the mix too. Sorry about your verbena. That was what I had my eye on as you rightly saw.
So long as the colours match, you can never have too much colour in the garden. 🙂
I would normally agree. Perhaps I was spoiled for choice that day.
My overall reaction is that this isn’t colorful at all, but of course I’ve been wandering among the bluebonnets and such, so that probably has affected my vision. What I most dislike about this setting is its artificiality. The juxtaposition of pitcher plants (center, bottom) with flowers they’d never appear with just bothers me. Personal preference, no doubt, but it still seems odd.
You’re highlighting some of the things that troubled me. Trying to do too much in a relatively small space too and actively clashing foliage which can work but doesn’t always. I seem to remember it being award winning, so obviously I was in the minority.
beautiful colors! 🙂
It was colourful. And those wooden raised beds were beautifully constructed.
I like it, but it does look like a rather “busy” place to sit.
You’d certainly know you were among a sea of flowers.
It seems a bit too busy/cluttered for me. Like any good work of art there should be a place for the eye to rest and I don’t find that here.
Good point – even butterflies need somewhere to swoop. 🙂
I’m sure you can do brighter. And drabber too 🙂 🙂 I have every confidence in you, Susan.
I’ll attempt to live up to it 🙂
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