Today ’s photo is fromGregory Smausin Seattle , Washington . He says,“Here is one of my favourite photos from my own garden . I wish it because it shows the fun of retell forms . The cones of the drumstick allium ( Allium sphaerocephalon , USDA Hardiness Zones 4 - 11 ) in the foreground are reduplicate in the ‘ Green Wizard ’ blackened coneflower ( Rudbeckia occidentalis‘Green Wizard ’ , Zones 3 - 9 ) in the background . Each one works beautifully on its own , with the red Chinese pieplant ( Rheum palmatum‘Autropurpureum ’ , Zones 5 - 9 ) in between , and yet because of their similar enough forms , they tie the garden together from front to back visually . This compounding also works terrifically throughout the year . The ‘ Dapple Dawn ’ English rose ( Rosa‘Dapple Dawn ’ , zone 5 - 10 ) has full red hips starting in mid summertime , if I have it , which counterpoint well with the black of the coneflower . The genus Allium and coneflower can abide all wintertime , providing mannequin to the eye and intellectual nourishment for the birds!”Thanks , Gregory , for deal this great combo with us !
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Click here to enlarge this photo.Photo/Illustration: Courtesy of Gregory Smaus
