Perfect Purple & Orange Flowers for a Garden

• Pansies come in a wide range of colors, including golden oranges.Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images
  
  For an eye-catching color combination for your home garden, pair up purple and orange. These hues are on general opposite sides of the color wheel and truly accent each other. For a softer, more delicate garden or flowerbed, go with creamy peach-oranges and pastel purples. For vibrant color, combine jewel-toned oranges with gold or bold yellow undertones and pair them with dark purple or violet.
  
  

Pansy

• With one of the widest color selections of any garden annual, pansies are a garden mainstay. The plant is compact, reaching a maximum height and spread of 9 inches. It has many stems with oval or heart-shaped, medium-green leaves. Blossom size ranges from 1 inch to 4 inches wide. Some pansies have a delicate fragrance as well.
  
  Use this flower in a dark purple, lavender pastel or golden orange. For maximum color and fragrance impact, place them in mass plantings in an area where passersby will appreciate their notable fragrance and hue. Pansies are often grown indoors in the North, though they're relatively cold-resistant. In the south, they're grown for Fall and Winter flowering. Seeds should be sewn indoors during the summer and can be transplanted when summer heat has broken.
  
  

Paprika Rose

• According to Sharon Cohoon of "Sunset Magazine," orange is the flower color least likely to be chosen by garden shoppers. However, the "Easy Paprika" rose is chosen in orange more than its other available hues. Though it has no fragrance, this rose packs a punch with its color and medium-flat buds. It's a climbing flower, so you can use it above a bed or purple pansies for great color contrast.
  
  

Lavender

• Lavender fragrance is used in sachets, soaps and other body products. It comes from the Latin word meaning "to wash," since it was used in baths to clean the body and spirit. It's native to the Mediterranean and prefers sunny, stony habitats. It's a short shrub that grows to about 2 feet high and is heavily branched. Its leaves are rod-like and leafy, and its blossoms are tiny flowers arranged in spirals of six to 10. Pair your lavender with a peachy orange flower or shorter purple flowers like pansies to add some height to a flowerbed. The fragrance is appealing as well.
  
  

Butterfly Weed

• Attract some colorful butterflies into your garden with a bright orange Butterfly Weed plant. This perennial is native to the Eastern U.S. It grows to 3 feet tall, and clusters of orange flowers attract swarms of butterflies. They also provide long-staying cut flowers or a pleasing bouquet. You can also mix them with your lavender for a tall, "wild"-looking arrangement. They need well-drained soil. For a yellow-based orange, try a bi-colored variety with yellow and orange flowers.