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SUMMER FIREWORKS
High summer brings with it peak colour. As the days go by, the garden gradually moves from pastels through to warmer colours. In this arrangement, a mix of pinks with subtle undertones of coral brighten up a simple zinc bucket. The blooms of a clear-pink shrub rose, Rosa ‘The Fairy’, are accompanied by daylilies whose bewitching smudgy tones make up for the fact that these flowers last for only 24 hours.
How to achieve the look
Container and composition
The colours are everything in this arrangement, and so the simpler the container, the better. This kind of zinc planter is readily available in garden centres and online – if it doesn’t already have them, drill holes in
