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ut these are evergreen and it has the added advantage of handsome lime coloured bracts in spring. A useful, if diminutive, group of plants that seem to grow in any situation, including tricky dry shade, are the Heucheras. There is a striking, almost black variety called ‘Obsidian’, several cultivars come in opulent maroon shades, but there are lighter colours too, and for a splash of orange, try H. ‘Marmalade.’ An Annual Blast You can’t beat annuals for a long and colourful season. Their short, but actionpacked lives are focused on flowering. Annuals only have one short year in which to complete their life-cycle. If you can thwart them in their life’s purpose by continually dead heading, they will keep trucking along, flowering until the frosts. Floriferous and reliable annuals include Cosmos – usually in shades of white and pink, but some orange and yellow varieties too, – Antirrhinums that bring a rainbow of spires, and Tithonias and Zinnias that sing out, acid bright in the sunshine. For the shadier parts of the garden, use scented and muted tones of Nicotiana, or low growing Impatiens (busy lizzies) Colourful Containers Annuals and tender bedding plants in pots will bring instant colour and impact to key areas – terraces and paving are the immediate thought, but you can even put pots into gaps in the borders, or places where the interest is flagging. The great thing about bedding plants is that they flower for a long period. Remember to look after them – water containers daily in warm weather and if you planted them up in late spring for a summer long show, the multipurpose compost only has enough food in it for 6 weeks, so after that they will need a weekly feed of liquid seaweed, or a high potash fertiliser. Pelargonium are a good old stalwart, but there’s a multitude of container plants on sale right now at the garden centres – choose your colour scheme, but also think about shape. Depending on the size of the container (and in summer try to use larger containers as they won’t dry out as quickly), you will need a tall central plant – an Antirrhinum majus, a tall tobacco plant or spire of some kind will work well, Mauve foxgloves Pastel tulips Alchemilla and Geranium ‘Johnsons Blue’ then mid height and with a contrasting flower shape – large flowered like a Petunia or Zinnia and then something to spill over the edges – Nemesia, Diascia or Lobelia, even ivy. The phrase used in container gardening circles (I’m guessing there are such things) is ‘thriller, filler, spiller’ to remind us of the types of plants that make good shapes in a pot. Seasonal Colour The quality of light changes through the year – furthest away and weaker in the winter, blazingly close in the summer. The seasonal light of the sun will affect the colour palette of plants too. Pale winter light favours silhouettes and husky shapes. Most of the late winter and early spring flowers are white, yellow or cream to signal more strongly to pollinators in low light. Spring is all new and green, interspersed with fresh blues, yellows and froths of pink. As the light gets stronger and the sun rises higher in the sky, the colours strengthen – to attract in sun-loving butterflies and bees. Our cottage garden favourites – geraniums, lupins, delphiniums and geum will have finished flowering by July and can also have quite straggly foliage by that time too. Keep the June blooms coming by being ruthless – cut them all back A raised bed in late summer – right down to the ground as soon as they’ve finished flowering and by the end of August they will be back with a repeat show of flowers and tidy new leaves. During late summer and early autumn the palette changes again as the light softens and sinks lower in the sky. Bring in Heleniums and Rudbeckias in russet, gold and mellow orange, the deep blue of Echinops and brighter hue of Ceratostigmas, Salvias in a myriad of colours and the dusky pinks and mauves of Asters. The flowers of Sedum spectabile are a magnet for butterflies and bees and are a great addition to the front of the border, providing long lasting colour right through the autumn too, as the nectarpacked flowers fade into attractive seed heads in shades of russet and bronze. Every season brings in a range of different colour choices – I once gave each month a colour (but we know that way madness lies). In the end it will always be down to personal preference – the important thing is to enjoy the colours of your garden, calm harmony or riotous assembly – it’s entirely up to you. Join Jo for a gardening class at her garden in Woodchurch. Call 07923 969634 or see hornbrookmanor.co.uk. priceless-magazines.com 110
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