Back in the days when I thought gardening required nothing more than design, water, and weeding, I planned a red garden. Composed of red lilies and daylilies, red columbines, a couple different red clematis, and red geraniums, I looked forward–that first year–to brilliantly red blooms.
The joke was on me. The red lilies–as seen in the photo–bloomed an orange-red. The daylilies bloomed a wine-red. The columbine didn’t bloom at all. The clematis bloomed a rich purple-blue.
Only the geraniums were red.
Oddly enough, after five years, I like this garden better. It’s full of surprises. Not what I’d planned, but good.
I still think it’s just a crap shoot. Man plans, God laughs!
So true. Planted pink tulips and got a red one too.