Garden Combinations #101

Here is one of my favorite photos from my own garden. I like it because it shows the fun of repeating forms. The cones from the Allium sphaerocephalon, foreground, are repeated in the rudbeckia 'green wizard', background. Each one works beautifully in to it's own setting, plug for the Rhubarb 'Autropurpureum', and yet because of their similar enough forms they tie the garden from front to back visually. This combination also works wonderfully throughout the year. The Dapple Dawn Rose has full red hips starting in mid summer if I let it which contrast well with the black of the Rudbeckia. The Allium and Rudbeckia can stay all winter providing form to the eye and food for the birds!