PLANNING OUT COLOR COMBOS...
finding colors that go well alongside this rose was a little tricky. it needs something to enhance its unusual coloring and not detract from it.

through trial and error, i found that it looks good next to red (RED) roses, real white roses, and plants with purple or blue/purple flowers. bright yellow can work as well, for the adventurous. ;)

i decided on mr. lincoln, mirandy (in this zone, it almost appears to be a hot magenta. which works.), yellow daisies, one of the annuals that has intense blue/violet flowers (forget the name) and med-purple pansies. the garden now looks like a controlled riot of color that pops your eye from one thing to the next and has been getting a ton of comments. :)

i also stuck a Garden Party next to Mr. L on a whim, because GP is such a wonderful, dependable rose that i wanted to try a second bush, especially when it was only $7 at Lowe's. avoid roses that are not solid-colored for planting next to CP, because it really detracts from it. (an orange hibiscus with a magenta throat also resides next to it and looks quite fetching, if you are into those.)

you might also try lavender or mauve roses. if i had one, i would have tried Blueberry Hill, or Barbara Streisand, or any of the more deeply colored purples.