Giving life to 2021’s trends Trends Article
When life gives us manure, gardeners make compost! As such, Life is a Garden would like to invite all green fingers to welcome 2021 as The Great Reset – a time to reconnect with our home space, a chance to grow food and deepen our connection with nature, an opportunity to shape remote working environments, and the ideal excuse to expand outdoor entertainment areas. Here are the top trends for the year to inspire you and help support adjusted lifestyles at home. Let Mother Nature work her magic to lift those spirits and make every space a place for life to shine!
Trendy colours that celebrate life
The Pantone colour of the year is grey and yellow: grey representing fortitude and yellow symbolising happiness. Together, these colours send a message of positivity, supported by a solid foundation (grey) upon which to build joy (yellow). Cultivate resilience and hope by planting these beauties below:
Sun in your pocket
- Yellow canna lily: full sun in beds or containers, bold and bright, frost-sensitive.
- Alstromeria (Inca lily): full sun or semi-shade, good cut-flowers, needs winter munching.
- Anigozanthos bush bonanza: full sun or semi-shade with bright, golden-yellow flowers.
- Marigolds: full sun or semi-shade, drought-tolerant, attracts butterflies, repels pests.
- Sundial yellow portulaca: full sun annual, fine-textured foliage, low ground-hugger.
- Yellow capsicum: a full sun veggie, sprout seeds indoors in spring.
- Cape honeysuckle: full sun or semi-shade, attractive ornamental shrub, good for hedges.
- Snapdragons: full sun for beds or containers, gorgeous horizontally-growing blooms.
Grey for greatness
- Senecio cineraria, or silver dust: create contrast with this fine, low-growing sub-shrub.
- Senecio Angel Wings: robust in size with an angelic silver/grey sheen, an absolute stunner!
- Dichondra silverfalls: drought, frost, and salt-hardy for full sun spots in beds and pots.
- Lamium: grow best in partial/full shade to avoid scorching the leaves of these pretties.