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Contrast planting a perennial flower garden and a wildflower garden?

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1. Perennial flower gardens consist of (of course) perennial plants, carefully selected and placed to give the most impact. They quite often have varieties of plants which are hybridized and could not be considered "wild" by any stretch of the imagination, even though the total effect of the garden may be wild. These plants are also often not native to the area in which they are located (i.e., plants from Europe planted in an American garden, and vice versa). A wildflower garden consists of a mixture of perennials and self-seeding annuals, are often sowed from a mix of seeds at random over the garden bed, and contain, of course, wildflowers, many of which might be considered weeds in a more formal perennial garden.
2. choose heights and colors - tallest in the back, shortest in the front -have at least 3 plants and colors that go well together- yellow and purple, red and white, etc.
3. This specialist website should be of help with advice on that.Good luck anyways ! http://gardening.about.com/od/perennials/Perennials_Plants_that_Get_Better_with_Age.htm