Designing a garden with the focus on flowers is missing half the fun, this fiery colourful foliage will add dimension to any planting scheme. ‘Illumination’ is a stunning tricolour variety of Amaranthus, with upper leaves that are a spectacular scarlet and golden orange set atop olive green foliage.

Cheerful and bright, use Calendula in beds, borders or containers. Calendula is prolific and durable, and like most hardy annuals it is easy to grow, simply sow where it is to flower. It is currently one of the top herbs used for medicinal use. Sprinkle salads and decorate cakes with the edible tangy petals.

With large single flowers some with chocolate coloured centres, Calendula 'Art Shades Mixed' contains not only the usual bright orange but also various unusual shades - apricot, orange, primrose and cream. Gorgeous and remarkably easy to grow they will flower non-stop from spring until first frosts.

‘Indian Prince' has unique petals quite unlike other Calendula, the dark orange rays are in layers of orange, backed with rich mahogany red petals.Prolific and durable the daisy-like blooms grow up to 20cm wide they are perfect candidates for cutting and flower arrangements.

This beautiful heirloom calendula was first available to gardeners in the 1930’s and is now quite hard to find. With shining orange flowers with quill-like petals that resemble a cactus dahlia. Very easy to grow, the beautifully shaped blooms flower even in the poorest conditions.

Canna “Marabout” is a superb tall strain with gorgeous foliage and bright vermilion blooms. They are ideal to plant at the back of a border where they are in full sun, or to add colour to a partly shady area. They can also be grown in poorly drained areas and in shallow ponds.

Ten years back coleus were gaudy relics from Grandmother's generation, but now coleus are back and teetering on the cutting edge. “Wizard Sunset” is one of the softer colours from the Wizard series, with heart-shaped leaves in beautiful shades of bronze - apricot. Excellent in full sun.

African Daisies or “Cape Marigolds” have flowers that come in a multitude of colours. Brilliant shades of white, yellow, and orange. The flowers close at night or if placed in a shaded position. They are an excellent variety to sow in early spring, producing extravagant colour for weeks.

Siberian wallflowers are at their best in early to mid-May. With cheerful deep orange blooms, they are very easy to grow and combine well with other plants; indeed wallflowers demand companions and set the mind racing regarding potential planting combinations.
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Erysimum (formerly Cheiranthus) cheiri ‘Fire King' is another old and tried variety, with striking, flame-like, glowing orange-scarlet flowers. A compact variety with a bushy habit and a rich fragrance, they will supply the household with an abundance of cut flowers for many weeks.

Wallflowers gladden the heart in spring with their heady fragrance and rich colours - a reminder summer is not far away. Growing to around 25 to 30cm, with a neat and compact habit, Orange Bedder Wallflowers are ideal for edging, low bedding and patio containers or where border space is limited.

Eschscholzia are of the easiest and most colourful annuals to grow, with masses of beautiful silky flowers in shades of gold. They bloom profusely over a very long season, succeed in all soils and garden positions and are heat and drought-resistant. They give a garden performance second to none!

Heleniums are much under-rated garden plants. They are a mainstay of the summer and autumn border but are so often overlooked. They are hardy, colourful, easy to grow, tolerate difficult growing conditions, provide months of colour, are attractive to insects and unaffected by most pests and diseases.