{"id":693,"date":"2010-05-06T13:08:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-06T13:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/2010\/05\/perennial-combinations-pops-of-color.html"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:00:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:00:55","slug":"perennial-combinations-pops-of-color","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/2010\/05\/perennial-combinations-pops-of-color.html","title":{"rendered":"Perennial Combinations: Pops of Color"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been experimenting with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Perennial-Combinations-Stunning-Garden-Fantastic\/dp\/1594868530?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=sevenoaks06-20&amp;link_code=btl&amp;camp=213689&amp;creative=392969\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">perennial combinations<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=sevenoaks06-20&amp;l=btl&amp;camp=213689&amp;creative=392969&amp;o=1&amp;a=1594868530\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> in the flower garden and today, this one struck me as particularly beautiful. The peony is a white &#8220;Festiva Maxima&#8221; and the dianthus is red. I don&#8217;t know which one it is because the tag is so sunbleached I can&#8217;t read the variety anymore. I love how the large white peony blossoms seem to pop against the hit of red, and the silvery green foliage of the dianthus is particularly lovely.\u00a0 I also stepped back and took a picture of the blue salvia with the white peony, another combination I like.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/peonydianthus.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/peonydianthus-300x276.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_2732.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/homegardenjoy.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/IMG_2732-300x200.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been experimenting with perennial combinations in the flower garden and today, this one struck me as particularly beautiful. 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