What is clashing in your garden today ?

[Callmegeoff]

Is it as bad as my self seeded Californian poppy flopping in front of a burgundy/ yellow Aquilegia? They are pretty on their own but look awfu together but I'm loathe to pull either out!

[PonderousTortoise]

Oh, I basically only like purple and orange flowers, so that's not clashing to me! I'd love a whole garden of purple and orange.

I've moved aquilegias with no problem - can't you pop it somewhere else?

I'm jealous of the Californian poppy - I love them, and need to find somewhere to put some.

[Callmegeoff]

I like orange and purple too, but these plants don't quite work. I will move the Aqulilegia and get seeds from the lovely poppy. :)

[aircooled]

I love purple and orange too, I think the reason these plants 'clash' is the partly shade loving cottagey aquilegia with the brasher sunloving C. poppy. The poppy with a purple dahlia or salvia would look great.

[MyNightWithMaud]

I have magenta geranium psilostemon in front of deep red rose Darcey Bussell. It's so bad, it's good!

[craftysewer]

Yes, my orange poppy (I didn't know what colour it was going to be) has flowered in the middle of my pink/purple/blue border.

[shovetheholly]

I have been hoping and hoping that a mystery papaver in my garden was pink, not red.

It has come out and it is pink. Very, very bright pink. I think it might actually have looked better red now.

[shovetheholly]

Oh, and I also have some candelabra primulas that were supposed to be Miller's Crimson. They are not. They are a shade of 1980s peach that is reminiscent of a bathroom suite, and they look just appalling amidst my lilac, white and light yellow scheme.

[echt]

Don't pull them out, but remember not to do it nest time. . Duh.

[echt]

Nest? Next.

[TheNoodlesIncident]

The worst is when you buy something because the flowers will look great with other flowers, but then it turns out to be a completely different variety

[PonderousTortoise]

Yes, I do see what you mean air - I was just looking at the colours.

Just saw one in my garden - lots of lovely (if messy) purples and blues that go together, but behind them an apricot-y thing (I don't know what it is!) that I would love in another place, but looks horrid next to all the purples. (So my orange and purple thing doesn't always hold it would seem!)

[TinklyLittleLaugh]

I have a lovely drift of lilac and mauve aquilegia, tastefully complemented by some purple blue geraniums, alliums and contrasting lime green ladies mantle.

Then I have a massive bunch of bright red poppies clashing horrendously right in the middle.

I dug the bloody things out last year but they've come back just as strong. They were supposed to be Patty's Plum, (Gardeners World magazine freebie). I'm blaming you Monty.