Trend Flash is exclusively for members of The Trend Curve™ subscriber family with immediate updates from major markets and trade shows around the globe. Jane Stockel, Editorial Correspondent for The Trend Curve, is in Chelsea, London for the annual flower show. A future issue of The Trend Curve will have even more details about incoming flower types and colors.
COLORS
– Orange led via copper highlights, rusted metal, rusty orange flowers
– Reds turned true
– Pink preferred dusty personalities
– Red-cast blues got a boost from the show’s theme flower, the Iris
– Turquoise provided a non-floral counterpoint
– White strengthened in red/white/blue themes or teamed with restful greens
TEXTURES AND TYPES
– Soft planting designs suggested wildness, even when accenting formal structures
– Stone used polished, hewn, crushed types all together
– Inspirations for gardens varied from the Arts and Crafts to the Korean DMZ
– Rhododendrons prepared to ascend
– Clematis was newly used as a cut flower
DESIGN ELEMENTS
– Soft Crowns appeared often in a nod to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee
– Corgi’s gained importance in another nod to Queen Elizabeth II
– So did unicorns, lions and dragons
– The Diamond Jubilee inspired 50’s styling
– Water conservation gained prominence in drought-tolerant plants
– Afternoon Tea still inspired garden spaces, the crockery and relaxation