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Re: Do You Suffer from One-of-Each-itis?

I loved this. I'm a SBHS alum transplanted to the Midwest, but we still winter on the Central Coast. I recently taught a class sponsored by our local Master Gardeners on using color in the garden. We talked about creating "drifts of color" (a la Gertrude Jekyll and others) using different plants in the same color group for those of us with itis. I wish I had thought of your paisley shapes too! Thanks for the good idea.