Such a nice, soft color combination there, Sue.

Well, I really need to work on my echoes, in planning them out for the garden or taking photos of them. I tend to take a lot of close-ups.

Beautiful color echoes, I love seeing the different combo's and I got some great ideas just looking at them. I've got some that came together accidentally like this:





And some planned ones:

Susie - they are all great! The unplanned, or accidental, are so much fun when we spot them in the garden.

Thanks Arlene. Isn't that one of the pleasures of gardening, the unexpected lovely surprises?

Ok, maybe not all technically echos

Wow! Jennifer, those are beautiful!!

Thanks Susie! I take a ridiculous amount of pics of my gardens! Bound to get some good ones now and then.

Wonderful, Jennifer. That first one is mesmerizing. They're all lovely.

What a fun thread Arlene!

Zuzu encouraged me to do it.

Zuzu is very wise!

All accidental when the wind blew the allium forward and the columbine was knocked down to the side:

That is so pretty Arlene,I especially like the last two.

Same here. At first I was annoyed that the wind knocked them over but then I got the camera and rejoiced at the scene. It's just not as pretty when the wind sends a tree down crushing plants. It's more of a big old mess.

Bummer!! Right on your garden!

It was a week of cleaning, many hours each day, but I got it done and mulched. Most plants bounced back but the Crape Myrtle took the major hit. Now it's fine but it did take 3 years and we gardeners are not always as patient as we should be.

Arlene, I have a gardening friend from England who's motto is 'Next Year I'll'.......It's God's way of teaching us patience.
Here's a couple more.

Beautiful. We need more good adjectives for scenes like yours!

Astilbe and a Japanese iris:

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