Colour trends, rain and iris season

Greetings again,
 
Many thanks to those of you who replied regarding the future colour trends matter.  I have found it most enlightening that similar efforts have been instigated on both sides of the Pacific to make us think about the colours that we use in our gardens. 
 
I have no vested interest in the purple or orange scenario, but find it interesting that there seems to be something "afoot" to make us consider these colours, all the same.
 
Our home garden is a delightful eclectic mix of things purchased, given or "obtained" by Bernard's late mother's gardening friends while they go on "gardening tours" (where they are meant to look at the gardens - not bring little slips of things back in their handbags!).  We have no specific colour scheme, plant what we like and enjoy each seaon for its pleasures.  The garden changes from season to season anyway. 
 
However, we do have some gorgeous violet hyacinths, violets, golden daffodils and orange freesia blooming at present - but don't think that this makes us "trendy" either!!
I really love the happy little faces on pansies, and many of these are growing with orange & purple mixes in gardens around here - but that is what God (and the bees) made for them, not the genetic engineers or colour gurus.
 
We swam (almost) out the garden last weekend and have noticed much of the garden already "in spike".  It is such an exciting time of year, when all of that planning and waiting comes to fruition.  The Pseudacorus and arum lillies that we planted at the bottom of the land are trying hard to soak up all the water, but even THEY are stuggling with the deluge we have received lately. 
 
For those of you who have suffered such a hot and dry summer I do sympathise with you.  Keeping a garden alive during such conditions is never easy. 
 
Cheers for now,  Heather Pryor  i*@pip.com.au
 
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