Mass Annual Garden Using One Color

A mass annual garden using one color can create a wonderful accent to any landscape. You can take your favorite color, and plant a variety of different plant specimens in groups. This garden can be any shape and size. You can also consider planting several group gardens throughout your property. Perennial flowers can also be used in a group planting. This type of garden is popular in many areas throughout the world. People love taking a certain color and accenting some of their outdoor features with a mass garden nearby. Many of my previous clients like the ideas of doing a specific shape or shapes in an open area, and use a few different varieties of annual flowers in mass planting. If you are planning on a doing a group of the same color flowers or even shrubs, think about the color wheel. Your warm colors, such as yellows, oranges, greens, and certain reds, can give you that soothing feel. Your cooler colors such as blues, purples and darker warm colors, create a feeling of a bold landscape.

When planting any type of garden, remember to plant the tallest in the middle, and intermingle the medium size flowers throughout the garden. The shortest varieties should be planted in front and along the edge. You can even create a border using one variety of flower. Putting annuals as a border with a shrub garden is a great way to have color throughout the warm summer months. Below are a few suggestions for mass plantings in a garden setting.

• Globe Amaranth
• Begonia
• Canna
• Chrysanthemum
• Cleome
• Coleus
• Dusty Miller
• Marigold
• Ornamental Kale
• Ornamental Pepper
• Petunia
• Pocketbook Plant
• Red Salvia
• Snapdragon
• Zinnia

Another idea, is to have a garden that is all one size. Many people like a variety of sizes, but taking one or two plant specimens that are equal in height, will give you the exact color and size that fits your space. Another idea is to plan an annual garden with just one color theme, or a variety of different colors, and have bloom times for every month or season. This type of group planting can be done with some evergreen shrubs and flowers. Plan on having some bloom in spring, summer and fall. Your evergreens will create color throughout the winter months. Below are a couple of different flowers you can consider. The Black Eyed Susan's are perennial in some climate zones.

Black Eyed Susan

Colorful Vinca Flowers

Group Of Coleus

Dianthus

Marigolds

Whether you are doing an annual, perennial, or shrub garden, taking one color and doing a mass planting of each flower, or shrub, will create a wonderful lush and full garden.