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The Spring months are just around the corner so it won't be long now until we see green shoots poking out from the ground as your garden suddenly gains a new lease of life. If you want to make the most of your garden this Spring then now is the best time to take a visit to your nearest garden centre or to start looking at online suppliers so you can start organising what plants to buy.
One thing I want to get right this year is my hanging baskets and containers. It can sometimes be difficult to know where to start so it is a good idea to plan ahead. In order to create a dramatic look that stands out you want to have contrasting colours in your containers and you also need to consider height and texture.
Getting the right colour scheme for the flowers is vital and there are a number of different ways that you can choose them for your baskets, containers or even a border.
You can use a colour wheel much like those used by interior designers to help you to pick out the colours that will go together and complement each other well. They tend to sit at opposite sides of the wheel like red and green. There are also the colours that sit next to one another, such as blue, violet and red. These are just two kinds of colour scheme to try. Search for colour wheels online to check out a colour wheel and then take some time browsing through virtual or paper plant catalogues to identify the plants that might be suitable.
Alternatively, you can choose colours that are equally spaced around the wheel - green, orange and purple, for instance, or blue, red and yellow. This can be a great way to gain some inspiration if you are having a hard time working out what colour schemes would work best for your garden.
You could opt for one hued containers rather than having contrasting containers. You could try a hot summer container by having plants that are different variations of red. Why not try plants such as red petunias, scarlet sage, red pelargoniums and coleus with deeper red foliage. Or cool it down with blues from plants including Nemesia, bluey-purple petunias, and Salvia guaranitica.
You should start seeing your containers coming to life in the next month but if you have yet to get around to planting your bulbs there is still a way to get involved. Rather than planting bulbs from scratch you might want to consider buying some that have already grown into plants which you can easily add to your container. You can still stick to the same colour schemes and achieve the same effects, you just won't have to wait as long to see them.
