Yellow-Based Analogous Garden Color Schemes – Farmside Landscape & Design

15
Jul

An analogous garden color scheme for the garden includes 3 colors that are adjacent to each other on the color wheel. While that can include colors that are similar, such as yellow, yellow-orange and orange, it can also include hues with a bit more visible color variety such a yellow, yellow-green and green. The key is that there is usually a single base color that runs throughout all three adjacent hues (in both cases mentioned here, yellow is the base color). The result is a look that is cohesive like a monochromatic palette, but with a bit more energy and color variety. We start our analogous color scheme series with yellow-based plantings that range from peach to chartreuse:

Yellow-Based Analogous Color Scheme Option #1

• Yellow – Baptisia “Lemon Meringue”
• Yellow-Green – Zebra Grass (Miscanthus sinensis “Little Zebra”)
• Green – Parsley Fern

Yellow-Based Analogous Color Scheme Option #2

• Yellow-Green – Lady’s Mantle
• Green – Miscanthus Maiden Grass “Morning Light”
• Blue-Green – Blue Star Juniper

Image Credit: Proven Winners – Atlantis Stonecrop Sedum

Yellow-Based Analogous Color Scheme Option #3

• Yellow-Orange – Black-eyed Susan “Goldsturm”
• Yellow – Yarrow “Parker’s Variety”
• Yellow-Green – Sedum “Atlantis”

Yellow-Based Analogous Color Scheme Option #4

• Orange – Snapdragon “Potomac Dark Orange”
• Yellow-Orange – Dahlia “Hercules”
• Yellow – Floribunda Rose “Julia Child”

Main image credit: Proven Winners – Morning Light Ornamental Grass