Sounds nice....but I think I would have added some bright red too...

For some reason, I don't care for red in my garden. Unless it's a rosey shade, which is the color of the nasturtiums I plant every year - except this year. I planted a mahogany colored nasturtium. Will be interesting to see if they are actually a very dark red or indeed a deep brown/red. In one of my borders, I have blue eyed grass and magenta pinks planted together.

But, blue/purple/bright red would be a good color combination in someone else's garden. Thanks for the feedback.

If that's what you were asking, is for a third colour.... how about some dusty miller? Or something white, I've read white is great for 'gluing' other colours together, or giving the eye a rest between shades, and it might accentuate the blues and purples.

Can't wait to see photos, I've not been brave enough yet to do a big block of one colour yet, and I'd love to do blue, but fear I'll cave and buy up some peaches and salmons and reds, and then there goes the monotone idea!

kioni

Not looking for a third color this time, but I did consider doing a blue with a lighter blue, then plant an initial (letter B for the name of my schoolhouse)in a white; but maybe next year. Yes, Dusty Miller is good, I tried that by planting blue salvia then bordering it with Dusty Miller one season; but, the salvia grew taller and over the DM. The bed is a crescent shape with a boxwood hedge (kept clipped 8") around it. So height is the main concern when choosing the annual(s) to fill it. The lobelia was the perfect height, but not the perfect plant for the area.

Last year I tried putting purple salvia in the center and blue ageratum as the border. The ageratum got more foliage than bloom for some reason, got tall, and then ragged looking quickly, even tho I pinched back frequently.