Peach-coloured plants inspired by Pantone's colour of the year
Peach Fuzz is the 'it' colour of 2024. Defined by Pantone as a 'quietly sophisticated' shade that falls between pink and orange on the colour wheel, it has a gentle depth and a 'contemporary ambience' that evokes a modern elegance.
As with any COTY announcement, attention often turns to interiors and easy ways to decorate with this signature colour in the home but, this soft peach hue can also make a statement outside.
Radiant and warm, peach and apricot-toned blooms will undoubtedly bring a sense of joy to the garden, whether used to fill a container, flowerbeds or floral arrangements indoors. And good news: there’s no shortage of peach tones in horticulture.
Peach Fuzz was found to be a match for colour 26D in the Royal Horticultural Society's (RHS) Colour Chart – the tool for documenting plant colour worldwide. So the curators of the RHS Herbarium (situated at RHS Wisley) matched Pantone's Peach Fuzz to a list of plants which can be grown in a range of spaces, big and small. Here are the results...
1. Chrysanthemum 'Salmon Enbee Wedding'
Chrysanthemum 'Salmon Enbee Wedding' is a half-hardy perennial that grows to 1m in height with divided foliage and sprays of single flowers. Its petals are a light coral pink and a creamy-yellow on reverse.
2. Dahlia ‘Labyrinth’
Dahlia ‘Labyrinth’ is a tuberous-rooted perennial with dark green foliage. Its large, flamboyant flowers, up to 20cm in diameter, have peach-t0ned petals, which are gently curled and twisted to reveal darker pink undersides.
3. Kniphofia ‘Toffee Nosed’
Kniphofia ‘Toffee Nosed’ is ideal for sunny banks and borders. These exotic-looking hardy perennials have slender leaves and ivory flowers, which turn a light toffee brown at the tips. It flowers between June and September and grows up to 100cm.
4. Lilium rosthornii
Lilium rosthornii is a Chinese lily with soft golden-orange blooms. This plant has only become available in recent years but is easily and readily grown in light or part shade in a humus-rich soil.
5. Narcissus ‘Waldorf Astoria’
Narcissus ‘Waldorf Astoria’ is a double daffodil with large flowers. It features three rows of broad, white petals, interspersed with shorter, pink-orange segments. This plant enjoys full sun or partial shade in a moist but well-drained position.
6. Potentilla fruticosa 'Daydawn'
Potentilla fruticosa 'Daydawn' is a bushy deciduous shrub growing to 80cm tall. It has small, pinnate leaves and saucer-shaped flowers tinged with yellow and pink.
7. Rebutia 'Apricot Ice'
Rebutia 'Apricot Ice' is a hybrid rebutia cactus, comprising barrel-shaped stems with soft, hair-like spines, and large, star-shaped orange blooms which fade to apricot pink. This one is easy to grow and makes a great houseplant for beginners.
8. Rhododendron 'Hanger's Flame'
Rhododendron 'Hanger's Flame' is a dazzling and lightly scented variety of the much loved shrub. Flowering in May and June, the orange flowers have a slightly more golden tint on the upper lobes.
9. Rosa Joie de Vivre ('Korflociol')
Rosa Joie de Vivre ('Korflociol') is a small shrub reaching about 60cm in height. The scented blooms are double and rosette in form, with a peachy pink and cream colour, and flowers repeatedly throughout summer and autumn.
10. Verbascum 'Tropic Sun'
Verbascum 'Tropic Sun' is a tall perennial (it reaches up to 1.5m) developing from a rosette of large leaves. The flowers are yellow flushed with a peach-orange hue and red eye.
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