PLANTS FOR supersonic colour

DAHLIA ‘HAPPY SINGLE KISS’

Soft peach, single dahlia with crimson smudged petals and contrasting dark stems and leaves. H45cm (18in) S75cm (2½ft)

▲ LYSIMACHIA CILIATA ‘FIRECRACKER’

Rich, sulphur-yellow flowers and striking plum-purple leaves. The foliage is darkest when planted in full sun. H1.2m (4ft) S60cm (2ft)

SALVIA ‘HOT LIPS’

A mass of red and white bi-coloured flowers on narrow stems all summer long. The foliage is wonderfully aromatic too. H90cm (3ft) S60cm (2ft)

LATHYRUS ODORATUS ‘MATUCANA’

Highly fragrant bi-coloured blooms with a deliciously old-fashioned scent. An annual climber that is easily grown from seed and good as cut flowers. H2m (6½ft) S45cm (18in)

▼ BUDDLEIA ‘FLOWER POWER’ Dazzling bi-coloured flowers on a long-lived woody shrub that is popular with bees and butterflies in summer. H1.2m (4ft) S1m (3ft 3in)

EUCOMIS BICOLOR

Two-coloured pineapple lily with wavy, strappy leaves and spotted stems topped with spikes of small, pale green, star-like flowers. H50cm (20in) S30cm (12in)

DAHLIA ‘DAHLEGRIA TRICOLORE ’

A neat and compact dahlia suitable for containers with pink, orange and red flowers. Beneficial to pollinators. H60cm (2ft) S45cm (18in)

▲ ALLIUM SPHAEROCEPHALON Round-headed green and pink allium with architectural flowers on poker-straight stems. More reliably perennial planted in autumn. H2m (6½ft) S45cm (18in)

NIGELLA PAPILLOSA ‘DELFT BLUE’ Round flowers splashed purpleblue, silver and white with contrasting plum-black middles. Its flowers are followed by architectural seedheads. H75cm (2½ft) S50cm (20in)

▲ ACTINIDIA KOLOMIKTA

A deciduous climber with heart-shaped leaves with splashes of candy pink and white at the tips. H5m (16ft) S4m (13ft)