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)
Centaurea dealbata
Perennial cornflower, Persian cornflower, Whitewash cornflower
Centaurea dealbata 'Steenbergii'
Perennial cornflower, Persian cornflower, Whitewash cornflower
Centaurea glastifolia
Woad-leaved knapweed
Centaurea macrocephala
Great golden knapweed, Globe centaurea
Centaurea montana 'Alba'
Mountain knapweed, Perennial cornflower, Mountain bluet, Perennial bachelors buttons
Centaurea montana 'Amethyst Dream'
Mountain knapweed, Perennial cornflower, Mountain bluet, Perennial bachelor's buttons
Centaurea montana 'Amethyst in Snow'
Mountain knapweed, Perennial cornflower, Mountain bluet, Perennial bachelors buttons
Centaurea montana 'Carnea'
Mountain knapweed, Perennial cornflower, Mountain bluet, Perennial bachelor's buttons
Centaurea montana 'Gold Bullion'
Mountain knapweed, Perennial cornflower, Mountain bluet, Perennial bachelor's buttons
Centaurea montana 'Purple Heart'
Mountain knapweed, Perennial cornflower, Mountain bluet, Perennial bachelor's buttons
Centaurea montana 'Tini's Pink'
Knapweed, Perennial cornflower
Centaurea nigra
Comon knapweed, Black knapweed, Hard heads, Lesser knapweed
Centaurea pulcherrima
Most beautiful knapweed
Centaurea ruthenica
Ruthenia knapweed
Centaurea scabiosa
Greater knapweed
Centaurea simplicicaulis
Unbranched knapweed
Chaenostoma cordatum 'Snowflake'
Skunkbush
Chrysanthemum 'Clara Curtis'
Chrysanthemum 'Fireworks Pink'
Spider flowered chrysanthemum, Garden mum
Chrysanthemum 'Fireworks Yellow'
Spider flowered chrysanthemum, Garden mum
Chrysanthemum coronarium
Garland chrysanthemum, Crown daisy
Chrysanthemum indicum 'Jellyfish® Coral'
Indian chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum indicum 'Jellyfish® Sand'
Indian chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum weyrichii
Miyabe daisy, Weyrich daisy
Chrysanthemum yezoense
Hokkaido chrysanthemum
Cosmos atrosanguineus
Chocolate cosmos
Cosmos atrosanguineus Black Forest = 'Raymos'
Chocolate cosmos
Cosmos atrosanguineus Cherry Chocolate = 'Vg001'
Chocolate cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus
Mexican aster, Tall cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus
Mexican aster, Tall cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Candy Stripe'
Mexican aster, Tall cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Ladybird Orange'
Mexican aster, Tall cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Purity'
Mexican aster, Tall cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Sonata Carmine'
Mexican Aster, Tall Cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Sonata Pink'
Mexican aster, Tall cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus 'Sonata White'
Mexican aster, Tall cosmos
Cosmos sulphureus
Orange cosmos
Cosmos sulphureus 'Cosmic Yellow'
Sulphur cosmos
Dahlia 'Alfred Grille'
Cactus dahlia
Dahlia 'Allan Snowfire'
Dahlia 'Alva's Doris'
Dahlia 'Amazone'
Dahlia 'Anna'
Dahlia 'Apache'
Dahlia 'April Heather'
Dahlia 'Arabian Night'
Dahlia 'Arbatax'
Dahlia 'Audacity'