Some flowers carry color combinations within their own structure, such as Lemon Symphony African daisy, featuring yellow petals ringing a purple center. Play up the purple with a matching nemesia such as 'Bluebird'. Nemesias and African daisies are cool-weather bloomers that don't like summer heat. When temperatures drop in autumn just trim them back a bit and wait for flowers to reappear.
Thrillers, Fillers, and Spillers
You can't go wrong with the classic formula for container plants: thrillers (spiky, tall), fillers (midsize), and spillers (trailing). The blue pot adds depth to this combo because the color is close to purple on the color wheel. The thriller here is angelonia, the filler is a yellow dahlia, and the spiller is a deep purple petunia (look for trailing varieties.)
Roses and Clematis: Kindred Spirits
Roses and clematis are natural garden partners. Airy clematis vines can climb upward on a support or simply clamber horizontally among perennials. For a deep, rich purple variety, select 'Polish Spirit' or Jackman clematis. Roses, such as the award-winning golden English rose 'Graham Thomas', can provide support as long as the rose bush isn't so completely smothered by the vines that it can't get enough sunlight to its own leaves.
Dynamic Duo
For feathery foliage and long-lasting bodacious blooms, look to calibrachoa and Marguerite daisies. Place red-purple calibrachoa anywhere you want nonstop color. The yellow Marguerite daisy performs best in cooler weather, although new varieties, such as 'Butterfly', are more heat-tolerant. Both do well in the ground but excel in containers.
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