Colour combos

I love this combination of dark purple-black tulips and ribbon grass, and wonder if Joan actually chose to put them together, or if they have just evolved this way as we randomly hack away at the ribbon grass and the squirrels move the bulbs around.

Sadly, this placement of the pink rhododendron in between two rusty pieris (sp?) just doesn't work. In March, Mum kept asking me what colour the rhodo was, and I simply could not remember. I think this is why. We are now full of schemes for prepping it for a move to someplace else in the garden instead, perhaps next spring.

Here's another nice combo.  Is this a phlox, blooming already?

And here are some wind anemones.

And H with some leftover mums from the big party a couple of weeks ago. Nice blurry combo!