Property News · May 25, 2017

10 things we learned from the Chelsea flower show 2017


From lupins to moss, crazy paving to oranges and reds, these were the trends that stood out at the 2017 showChelsea’s purple patch – dominated by alliums, irises and salvias – seems to be in a slow decline, with this year’s emergent colour scheme one of deep wine reds, burgundies and magentas, with patches of bronze. The Silk Road garden by Laurie Chetwood and Patrick Collins was the most dramatic example of the trend, but it threaded more subtly through many of this year’s designs. Key plants for this trend are the plume thistle (Cirsium rivulare ‘Atropurpureum’), Lysimachia ‘Beaujolais’, bronze fennel (Foeniculum vulgare ‘Purpureum’) and red lupins. There were surprising splashes of orange, yellow and pink, too, from the bright orange giant Anglepoise lamp in Kate Gould’s urban garden to the orange and pink walls in Manoj Malde’s garden, inspired by the Mexican modernist architect Luis Barragán. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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