Colour for Summer
The time has arrived for hanging baskets, pots and window boxes to overflow and borders be brimming with joyful colour.^ The summer colour palette is huge so you can create endless combinations of colour, texture and shape. Use colours that make you feel good, lift your mood, enrich your space and encourage pollinators too. ; Top tip: Put contrasting colours together, like blue and orange or yellow and purple. Or use shades of your favourite colour, mixing with white to create a harmonised effect.
All plants (2270)
Aquilegia vulgaris 'Winky Rose-Rose'
Columbine, Winky columbine
Calibrachoa
Trailing petunia
Campanula 'Kent Belle'
Bellflower
Campanula carpatica
Carpathian bellflower, Tussock bellflower, Carpathian harebell
Campanula carpatica 'Blaue Clips'
Carpathian bellflower, Tussock bellflower, Carpathian harebell
Campanula glomerata 'Superba'
Clustered bellflower, Danesblood bellflower
Campanula lactiflora 'Loddon Anna'
Milky bellflower
Campanula persicifolia
Willow bellflower, Peach bells, Peach leaf bellflower
Campanula persicifolia 'Takion Blue'
Willow bellflower, Peach bells, Peach leaf bellflower
Campanula portenschlagiana
Dalmation Wall harebell
Campanula portenschlagiana
Dalmation bellflower, Wall harebell
Campanula portenschlagiana 'Catharina'
Dalmation bellflower, Wall harebell
Campanula poscharskyana
Serbian bellflower, Trailing bellflower
Campanula poscharskyana 'Stella'
Serbian bellflower, Trailing bellflower
Campanula punctata
Spotted bellflower
Centaurea 'John Coutts'
John Coutts cornflower, Cornflower
Centaurea montana
Mountain knapweed, Perennial cornflower, Mountain bluet, Perennial bachelor's buttons
Cosmos atrosanguineus Chocamocha = 'Thomocha'
Chocolate cosmos
Dahlia 'Bednall Beauty'
Dahlia 'Bishop of Auckland'
Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff'
Dahlia 'Gallery Rivera'
Dahlia 'Karma Choc'
Dahlia 'Knockout'
Dahlia 'Moonfire'
Dahlia 'Mystic Enchantment'
Dahlia 'Roxy'
Delphinium 'Crystal Delight'
Delphinium 'Excalibur White'
Delphinium 'Guardian Blue'
Delphinium 'Guardian White'
Delphinium Astolat Group
Delphinium Black Knight Group
Delphinium Blue Bird Group
Delphinium Galahad Group
Delphinium grandiflorum 'Delfix Blue'
Grand-flowered delphinium
Delphinium Guinevere Group 'Lady Guinevere'
Dianthus 'Corona Raspberry Magic'
Pink, Clove
Dianthus 'Devon Arctic Star'
Pink, Clove
Dianthus 'Devon Flavia'
Carnation
Dianthus 'Devon Winnie'
Pink, Clove
Dianthus 'Devon Yolande'
Carnation
Dianthus 'Kahori Pink'
Carnation
Dianthus 'Kahori'
Carnation, Pink, Clove
Dianthus 'Pixie Star'
Carnation, Pink, Clove
Dianthus 'Sunflor Bling Bling'
Pot carnation
Dianthus 'Waterloo Sunset'
Cottage pink, Clove
Dianthus barbatus
Sweet William