Range of colors in garden and patio thanks to flowers and flowering plants. Boost for the eye and the heart

So this spring, more than ever, people will long for a dash of color in the garden, on the patio or on the balcony. A welcome expression of hope, perhaps, or simply an accent to make one momentarily happy.

There are plenty of ways to incorporate color into the garden. Flowers are of course the number one choice, but there are also many perennial flowering plants that unfold their colorful splendor throughout the season. Kwekerij Maes-Reyns from Moorsele, a purebred family business with 45 years of experience, specializes in just about everything that blooms, and offers an extensive assortment in both the range of annuals and perennials and perennials that covers just about the entire color spectrum.

The exquisite moment 

"Early spring is the perfect time to reintroduce color into the garden," says store manager Isabelle Maes. "For an instant pick-me-up, plant pansies, primroses or bellis in beds and borders at this time. The shades and hues are truly endless, and on request we even grow primroses in very special colors, such as 'Starflame' and 'Sparkly'. More special varieties of salvias and petunias are also part of our range, so we can always find a suitable solution."

"Although you can basically plant perennials like gaura, arabis, verbena and echinacea year-round, and they don't necessarily bloom yet in early spring, it pays to provide these plants now as well. That way they will have plenty of opportunity to root through, before the heat and drought we now know from previous years strikes again."

Getting creative with balcony plants

For those who only have a terrace or balcony, or want to make the most of the available space, Maes-Reyns also has an extensive range of annuals and balcony plants to refresh flower boxes. "That way you can introduce an enormous variety. Not only in terms of species and colors, but also in terms of placement. By placing the window boxes at different levels and alternating between hanging and standing balcony plants such as various pelargoniums, for example, you create dynamism. A three-dimensional wave of color, so to speak, which in most cases also contributes to biodiversity."

Annual climbers such as thunbergia or Suzanne-with-the-gorgeous-eyes are also eye-catchers on everyone's patio.

Location

To enjoy the anticipated splendor of color for a season, in addition to water and nutrition, the location is especially crucial. "Our geraniums, tagetes, begonias such as 'Dragon Wing' and the cleome 'Señorita Rosalita', for example, do very well in full sun," says Isabelle Maes, "while the tuberous begonias and the spiny lavender prefer shade. Although the new generation of 'Sunpatiens' also tolerates the sun very well and is very easy to maintain. In any case, we offer a wide (color) range of possibilities for every pitch."