Landscaping for pink house?
My house was purchase with a light pink vinyl siding on it. It has a white trim. The shudders were a horrible green. We have since painted them black. We are in the process of planning landscaping. What colors should we use. I have figured that red is not an option(we tried red Christmas ribbons on the windows and it looked horrible. What colors of flowers look good with a light pink house?
zone 7 – Northern Alabama
its a very light pink – it really isn’t that bad
6 Responses
retmil
25 May 2010
reddaisy
25 May 2010
wow a pink vinyl house ? Maybe you can change the siding. I am sorry that wasn’t very nice of me. what planting zone are you in?
sweetyebug3
25 May 2010
Personally, I would have gone with a more neutral color on the shutters, such as a off white to match the trim or something in a cream or grey, then you could use any color, a bright red would not look good, however, a wine or burgundy should and with any tan or brown or light pink or soft yellow etc., should be ok. Good luck.
nancy_oc
25 May 2010
Little pink houses. Sweet! I think it would be wise to stick with mostly greenery. Things that don’t even bloom. There are many ornamental plants that are a nice variety of green shades. Then add in a few flowers that do bloom – whites with a splash of purple would do nicely.
Sherwin Williams has a fantastic website which you can use to see how colors will look.
There is also color scheme designer which is for the most part a color wheel in which you can see how shades of color work with each other.
ammie1978
25 May 2010
well if you like the pink and are planning to keep it that color then I would use white, pink, purple colors like pastel colors…..maybe hostas for the green…. ya red would definitely not look good.
crossstitchkelly
25 May 2010
You might try deep purple flowers, or multicolored flowers like pansies. I would strongly suggest that you stick with greenery, though. A good substitute would be hostas. You can get all different sizes, textures, shades of green or white, and even striped leaves. There are small lavendar flowers that come up briefly, but they are not the main color interest. Also, hostas are easy to grow, and they do well in shade.
Repaint the house – immediatley!