I usually attach a color idea of orange and yellow to July, maybe because of the bright light, or the fact that many flowers in those hues are in full bloom in this month. But pink is still a garden color that while warming towards salmon in many of July’s bloom choices helps to cool things down a bit. Even “hot” pinks when combined with blue fescue grass or the white of lilies or baby’s breath is as refreshing as peppermint ice cream.
A Candy Cane color border, with red white and pink, may be just the color palette for hot summer days (and evenings). There are plenty of choices in lilies, garden phlox- some of the more luscious whites, pinks, and bi-colors, zinnias whirly-gigged in red and white, pinks and whites in allysums, echinaceas, and gypsophilias. Dahlias have quite a few named flowers with this color range, so a summer bed filled with these harmonies would be easy to grow.
Have you ever tried this color combination? What colors do you most enjoy on hot summer days in your garden?
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TC says
July 6, 2009 at 9:14 pmI don’t really think of color, it’s the beauty of the flower that grabs my attention. But I am partial to blues.
Rob (ourfrenchgarden) says
July 7, 2009 at 6:30 amHi Ilona
I’ve got a bed planted in a pink(ish) theme.
In it I’m growing Cosmos ‘Versaille tetra’, Amaranthus ‘Marvel Bronze’ and Verbena bonariensis.
I’ve managed to get a bit obsessive over blue this year. Catmint can do no wrong.
Ilona says
July 7, 2009 at 3:53 pmTC- I love blues too, I think it is the rarity of that little piece of sky in hand’s reach.
Rob- Catmint is such a versatile plant- I love when it blooms. I just trimmed mine back for the summer. Your pink(ish) theme sounds wonderful- I lost my V bonariensis:( so am in envy….