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The Color of Brick and Your Flowers

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Plant Associations for Red Brick Walls – Use white with soft blues, lemons and a touch of lilac.

Sunny Aspects
Spring
White hyacinths and forget-me-nots
Pink and white daisies and bronze and
cream dwarf wallflower
White tulips and grape-hyacinths
Summer
White marguerites and mauve-pink trailing geraniums
Mixed stocks
Sweet alyssum

Shade
Spring
Polyanthus
Narcissus
Crocus
Summer
Campanulas
Violas
Fuchsias

Grey Stone or Colour Wash – Use deep blues or purples, also bright reds and pinks.

Sunny Aspects
Spring
Wallflowers
Pink tulips and forget-me-nots
Blue or pink hyacinths
Summer
Mixed petunias
Scarlet geraniums and pink ivy-leafed types like ‘Galilee’
Asters
Stocks

Shade
Spring
Polyanthus
Drumstick and Wanda primulas
Small evergreens
Summer
Fuchsias
Heliotrope
Begonias

White Painted or Washed Walls – Use really bright colours with plenty of green, or pastel shades of pinks and mauves.

Sunny Aspects
Spring
Golden wallflowers and forget-me-nots
Red wallflowers and daisies
Red and blue Hyacinths
Crocus
Summer
Marigolds
Calceolarias
Tagetes
Petunias

Shade
Spring
Polyanthus
Ferns
Violas
Periwinkle (Vinca)
Summer
Impatiens
Fuchsias
Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia)