Plant Poppies For Creative Contrasting
Many of the best planting schemes come about by the intense contrasting of plants. Using individual species’ unique characteristics you can clash colors of flower, leaf, and even stem. Plants with similar hues can be set apart by choosing different leaf shapes or flower sizes. Elsewhere, pairing miniature plants against giant specimens can greatly enhance the beautiful differences between individual varieties.
For smaller varieties, California poppies including Red Chief and Rose Chiffon are a brilliant pairing as, while their beautiful pale leaves will intertwine well, their vibrantly different flowers will really make the colors bounce off of one another. Meanwhile, White Linen is a great pale flower to team with any vibrant hue.
Creating contrast is often a personal preference in color, shape, and height. But by pairing together plants which are vividly different from one another you can ensure that every single variety of poppy in your garden fills a border to the best of its ability and really makes your outside space shine.