Coloring Inside the Lines

I have very modest goals for this year's garden. One of them is to actually plant most of the plants I buy (versus letting them die in their original pots). So now I try to buy and plant all in the weekend, scaling my purchases to specific blocs of time. 

This week was annuals into boxes. I decided two of my 3' x 3' boxes along the side in full sun would be dedicated to annuals. When I saw the very bright colors at Behnkes, I went for monochromatic approaches.  I have a red box, and I have a yellow box. They each have several types of flowers, but all in the same color. I had to work to make sure the reds were truly red and not orange or magenta. The yellows, again, NOT orange. White or cream is OK.

I also decided on a basil range. One box is devoted to basil - I bought two plants each of eight different varieties. I left the center of the box open, thinking something taller may need to go in there.

This leaves me one box - I think I'll do beans there - but maybe I'll do sunflowers. I have seeds for both. Something tall, anyway.

This monochromatic approach I really like. I have a yellow bed of perennials that pleases me much. I also have a blue and purple patch, that never fails to grab me. Here is May Night salvia with siberian iris transplanted from Mom's house in Bellport.

I ran out of time, but I'm pleased with what I got done.