A pastel flower garden can blend a wide range of colors with a harmonious,
peaceful result. The 30 flowering plants and shrubs in this flower garden are all
pastel shades ranging from pink, peach, pale yellow and lavender to pale
blue. All plants are perennials whose beauty will return to delight you year
after year. Plants are hardy at least to zone 5 and most to zone 3 or 4.
The plants in this flower garden range from Lavender Mist Meadow Rue (Thalictrum
rochebrunianum) to pale peach Potentilla (Potentilla x tonguei), from
soft yellow Corydalis
(Corydalis lutea) to fluffy pink plumed Queen-of-the-Prairie (Filipendula
rubra).
Flowering begins in spring with pink flowering almond (Prunus
glandulosa) and delicate Blue Stars (Amsonia tabernaemontana) and
lasts through the final flowers of pink Japanese Anemone (Anemone x
hybrida) and peach chrysanthemums
(Chrysanthemum rubellum ‘Mary Stoker’).
The plants include a wide
variety of sizes, shapes, textures and bloom types and have varying light
and moisture requirements.
Use this deck to plan your pastel-hued flower garden. To complete your design,
include foliage plants and soft evergreens for texture, form and winter
interest.
