In case you didn’t already know, Pantone Color Institute has become a worldwide color authority with identifying trendy colors consumers will crave in the New Year. Their Color of the Year selections are often featured in fashion, interior design, outdoor living products and even in landscape plants.
Pantone’s 2023 Color of the Year is Viva Magenta 18-750.
For 2023, Viva Magenta may be more widely used on garden furniture or painting your front door. Perhaps, you may desire to plant magenta colored flowering annuals and perennials on your patio or deck.
Here is a short list of perennials to plant in your landscape that complement the Pantone Color Institute’s 2023 Color of the Year.
Achillea ‘Tutti Frutti Pomegranate’
Agastache ‘Kudos Red’
Coreopsis ‘Lil Bang Red Elf’
Coreopsis ‘Hot Paprika’
Coreopsis ‘Uptick Red’
Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’
Dianthus ‘Fruit Punch’ Cherry Vanilla’, ‘Maraschino’, ‘Pretty Poppers Electric Red’, ‘Paint The Town Magenta’
Echinacea ‘Meteor Red’, ‘Raspberry Beret’
Hemerocallis ‘Double Pardon Me’, ‘Blood, Sweat and Tears’
Heuchera ‘Dolce Cherry Truffles’
Hibiscus ‘Holy Grail’
Hibiscus ‘Mars Madness’, ‘Evening Rose’
Kniphofia ‘Red Hot Popsicle’
Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal flower)
Monarda ‘Leading Lady Razzberry’
Penstemon ‘Quartz Red’, ‘Cha Cha Cherry”
Phlox paniculata ‘Red Riding Hood’, ‘Starfire’
Sedum ‘Sunsparkler Cherry Tart’, ‘Midnight Velvet’
Spigelia ‘Little Redhead’
Thank You — Nicole Hoonhorst at Walters Gardens & Paul Pilon at BallHort for some plant picks
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