Put old-fashioned color favorites pinkandpurple to work in your flowerbeds with these new-style garden compositions.

Here, waves of pink andpurple petuniasedge a path and provide low-growing groundcover.

Stick to Tradition

Pink and purple remains a classic cottage garden combination.

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Stick to the Rules

Pink and purple put on an exuberant display in this lushly casual garden.

Take Center Stage

This cheerful combination of old-fashioned garden favorites offers enough blooms to like any gardener.

Pink and purple hydrangeas

Stonecrop and dianthus

Dianthus, catmint, and foxglove

petunias

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Clematis ‘Daniel Derondra’

Poppies and anemone

Mint, cranesbill, catchfly, rose

Larkspur, poppy

Phlox, osteospermum, flowering cabbage, twinspur

astilbe

Coneflower, cosmos, verbena, zinnia