![](http://www.studiolum.com/hortus/kertinaplo/2011-09-25-kert/01c.jpg)
For example, this Lobelia sipilitica withered already a couple of weeks ago on a central place of the great upper bed.
![](http://www.studiolum.com/hortus/kertinaplo/2011-09-25-kert/02c.jpg)
Nevertheless it fits nicely into the overall picture.
![](http://www.studiolum.com/hortus/kertinaplo/2011-09-25-kert/03c.jpg)
I was quite shocked when I first saw that in the beds designed by Piet Oudolf there was place for the withered flowers, too. In Oudolf’s beds these were always very nice.
![](http://www.studiolum.com/hortus/kertinaplo/2011-09-25-kert/04c.jpg)
I tried it several times, but in my garden the withered flowers always looked ugly out of their context. However, a couple of years ago I realized an important trick. These flowers look beautiful in beds which are not built on strong colors, but on the complexity of forms.
![](http://www.studiolum.com/hortus/kertinaplo/2011-09-25-kert/05c.jpg)
2 comments:
A perfect way to put it: not on color, but on complexity of form. Yes!
Thank you, dear James.
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