Pictured – Calibrachoa; Forsythia; Euonymus
Colour experts at Pantone shared the hotly anticipated ‘Colour of the Year’, opting for two shades for 2021.
With warmer months on the horizon, gardening experts at the UK’s leading garden centre retailer, Dobbies, have taken inspiration from sunshine-filled shade ‘Illuminating’ to help brighten up your outdoor space this year.
Resident gardening expert and Horticultural Director at Dobbies, Marcus Eyles, shares his recommendations on how to incorporate the tone into planting schemes from spring through to summer.
Not your average garden centre, Dobbies has put together an expert guide to cover all growing bases, from plants for flower beds, colourful grow your own produce, to houseplants for a dazzling indoor display – there’s something to suit every space.
A busy time in the gardener’s calendar, find plenty of ideas, advice, and spring gardening inspiration online and instore at your local Dobbies.
Spring
Hardy plants
- Forsythia ‘Lynwood’
- Acer ‘Orange Dream’
- Escallonia ‘Gold Ellen’
- Cytisus ‘All Gold’
- Diosma ‘Sunset Gold’
- Euonymous ‘Emerald & Gold’
- Halimium libanotis
- Philadelphus ‘Aureus’
- Sambucus ‘Sutherland Gold’
Bedding plants
- Primrose Veristar Lemon/Yellow & Primula Belarina Butter Yellow (both new for 2021)
- Primrose Yellow Orange Eye
- Pansy Golden Yellow
- Viola Yellow with Blotch
- Kinder Young Plant Collection – Yellow Delight
Grow Your Own
- Tomato Sungold
- Tomato Tumbler Yellow
- Capsicum Sweet Yellow Bell
- Beetroot Golden
- Courgette Golden
- Onion Yellow Globe
- Chilli Pepper Habanero Yellow (new)
Houseplants
- Schefflera Gold variegated
- Calathea Gold variegated
- Kalanchoe Yellow
- Draceana Yellow Lime
Summer
Hardy plants
- Choisya ‘Sundance’; Roses – yellow
- Phyllostachys ‘Aureus’
- Berberis ‘Maria’
- Coprosma ‘Lemon & Lime’
- Fuchsia ‘Genii’
- Hypericum ‘Hidcote’
- Phormium ‘Yellow Wave’
- Potentilla ‘Gold Star’
- Spiraea ‘Magic Carpet’
- Yucca ‘Bright Star’
Bedding plants
- Calibrachoa
- Marguerite Yellow
- Sanvitalia Golden Crown
- Osteospermum Voltage Yellow
- Osteospermum Tradewinds Yellow
- Nemesia Aroma Heart of Gold (new)
- Argyranthemum Madeira Crested Yellow
- Marigold Zenith Gold
- Marigold Lemon Zest
- Begonia Sunpleasure Yellow (new)
- Granvia Gold (new)
- Marigold Big Top
- Zinnia Zahara Yellow
- Antirrhinum Sonnet Yellow
- Lantana Bandana Yellow
Grow Your Own
- Courgette Gold Rush
- Sweet Pepper Golda
Houseplants
- Phalaenopsis Orchid – Yellow
- Begonia Yellow
- Croton Gold variegated
- Dieffenbachia Yellow variegated
- Citrus trees – Lemon
- Scindapsis Gold Queen
Find out more at www.dobbies.com
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