All nasturtiums are in the orange/red spectrum. Depending on what you're intending planting them with, you might be better with salvias/agastache/veronicas etc, which are all in the purple/blue spectrum, although there are orange agastaches too. For low growing planting there will be other annuals in bluey shades - petunias for example, but I don't grow many as I don't really like blue
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I perhaps didn't phrase that right - I was after a bluey red rather than an actual blue/purple - so more of the dark crimson in the Chiltern's photo I linked to in my first post. Never mind. I'm finding a big part of the fun of gardening for me is trying new seeds and getting to know new plants.
Ah - I misunderstood @YessicaHaircut. Nasturtiums don't really fit that category, unfortunately. It's often trial and error with any plant. I can't think of anything offhand that would suit, but others may have an idea for you, especially if you have a general colour scheme you want the plants to fit into. That can radically alter the 'look' of a plant's colour too.
There are certainly lots of sweet peas that would suit, but most are large, although there are now some smaller types for baskets/troughs etc, so they might be worth looking at
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I took some photos yesterday @YessicaHaircut, and it occurred to me that this sweet pea might suit you for colour. It's a new one I tried this year, and is smaller. It's currently around 18 inches, but will get taller, although it's in a pot so won't get quite as tall as it would in the ground, Apparently it gets to around 1 metre. Solway Velvet
I got the seed from Johnson's Sweet Peas, but I'll also be collecting seed [hopefully!] if you want to try them.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Ah that's a lovely colour. I've never tried growing sweet peas - they're so pretty but (perhaps stupidly) I feel a bit intimidated about growing them. I'm also one of those odd people that finds the scent of most flowers unpleasant, so when something's described as highly fragranced, I tend to give it a swerve. But sweet peas are seriously beautiful, so maybe I need a rethink. Or to look into perennial varieties as I understand they're not highly fragranced.
Ah - the perennial ones are a different thing altogether @YessicaHaircut, and can be really thuggish. That one has very little scent, and I'm like you - I don't like strong scents, and I also don't have a great sense of smell so it isn't important in a garden for me. I can barely detect any smell from those compared to the others though. Another plant I've grown from seed is a poppy called Lauren's Grape, which might appeal. The bees love it too. There was five of them all rammed inside one flower early this morning! A load of them managed to survive winter this year, in a tub I'd forgotten about, after I'd sown them late last summer. I'd chucked the compost onto the borders, and there's loads of them around now. The flowers only last a day or two, but they produce more.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Depending on what you're intending planting them with, you might be better with salvias/agastache/veronicas etc, which are all in the purple/blue spectrum, although there are orange agastaches too.
For low growing planting there will be other annuals in bluey shades - petunias for example, but I don't grow many as I don't really like blue
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It's often trial and error with any plant.
I can't think of anything offhand that would suit, but others may have an idea for you, especially if you have a general colour scheme you want the plants to fit into. That can radically alter the 'look' of a plant's colour too.
There are certainly lots of sweet peas that would suit, but most are large, although there are now some smaller types for baskets/troughs etc, so they might be worth looking at
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Solway Velvet
I got the seed from Johnson's Sweet Peas, but I'll also be collecting seed [hopefully!] if you want to try them.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
That one has very little scent, and I'm like you - I don't like strong scents, and I also don't have a great sense of smell so it isn't important in a garden for me. I can barely detect any smell from those compared to the others though.
Another plant I've grown from seed is a poppy called Lauren's Grape, which might appeal. The bees love it too. There was five of them all rammed inside one flower early this morning! A load of them managed to survive winter this year, in a tub I'd forgotten about, after I'd sown them late last summer. I'd chucked the compost onto the borders, and there's loads of them around now. The flowers only last a day or two, but they produce more.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...