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Golden Summer

Image: Proven Winners | 02 Apr 2005

Coleus ‘Amora’ is the focal point of this planting and in addition to being pretty spectacular itself, the hybrid’s butter-coloured leaves with green edges form a wonderful background for the purplish-blue petunia and the coral-red blooms of the verbena.

Osteospermum adds a light, creamy colour to the mix and Lysimachia ‘Goldilocks’ tumbles over the edges, taking the golden tones to a different visual level.

Adding textural interest are the slender leaves of Carex ‘Toffee Twist’, a perennial hardy to zone 7.