At the very (happy) end of Disney's animated Sleeping Beauty, two of Princess Aurora's fairy godmothers happily watch her waltzing with her prince in her beautiful white ball gown. Despite the virginal appropriateness of such a chaste color, each godmother wants to magically change the gown to her favorite color. Flora gets to it first, and with a triumphant flourish of her wand, waves it pink. Merryweather shouts "blue" and changes it back, Flora shouts "Pink," and reverses it again, and so on... Blue, Pink, Blue, Pink, Blue, Pink, as the music fades and the credits roll. This scene was a source of endless amusement for my older daughter when she was little. At that time I was powerless to duplicate that sequence, though we tried often enough.
Now, probably a little too late for flights of childish fantasy, the garden in early June seems to bring the spirit of those fairy godmothers to life. It's all blues and pinks, and makes me think it's more than coincidental that one of the godmothers is named "Flora."
Like this...
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| Blue... Clematis |
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| Blue... Columbine |
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| Pink... Geranium |
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| Blue... Amsonia |
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| Pink... Foxglove |
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Blue... Siberian Iris |
In a few weeks, this palette will change completely. As the sedum blooms and the daylilies start their display, the colors will heat up to match the summer temperatures, with yellows, oranges and reds filling in as the pinks fade. Blues should stick around through the transition, that is, they should -- as long as the hydrangea anxiety of early March turns out to be unfounded. Fingers crossed; we should know soon enough.
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