Did You Know You Can Match Flowers to Your House? Here’s How

If you’ve ever dreamt of a perfectly coordinated house and garden, you’re in the right place. You can actually plant the right color roses, flowers, and more foliage so that it matches your house just so. It’s all about planning, and this excerpt from The Color of Roses by Danielle Dall’Armi Hahn (Ten Speed Press, $35) will take out the guesswork. Follow these steps if you want to up your curb appeal and make your house the best looking one on the block.

1. With natural materials, such as stone and wood, just about any color works. With brick, use pinks, yellows, or even a contrasting color such as lavender.

2. When choosing rose colors for a painted wall, use more saturated tones. Select a color that is close to the wall color but deeper, making sure the rose color is dominant, not the wall color.

Reprinted with permission from The Color of Roses by Danielle Dall’Armi Hahn, copyright © 2023. Photographs copyright © 2023 Victoria Pearson. Published by Ten Speed Press, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC.

3. Pure, bright colors have energy and are exciting. They are easy to select, but a word of caution: Use thoughtfully and with restraint, as a little goes a very long way. Just a few red, orange, or yellow blooms will liven up a planting bed of muted or softer colors. 

4. For cutting gardens, no rules apply, since these beds of flowers are grown specifically for cutting and use in floral arrangements, not for their landscaping attributes. Designate an area that can be easily changed or amended when new colors catch your interest. Plant colors you like and that complement your home interior. Also consider roses that can be cut and gifted. There is nothing sweeter than a rose bouquet cut from a home garden.

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Reprinted with permission from The Color of Roses by Danielle Dall’Armi Hahn, copyright © 2023. Photographs copyright © 2023 Victoria Pearson. Published by Ten Speed Press, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC.

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