Flourish palette planner

Pick the colours you love and we’ll plan the planting

Garden advice › Garden colour schemes

Choose the colours you love and we'll turn them into a planting scheme for your garden, with a name, our designer's view and a planting list sized to your garden. It takes about two minutes.

Plan your planting scheme by colour

Step 1 of 5
1Which way does your garden mostly face?

Most gardens have sunnier and shadier corners. Pick the one that describes most of yours and we'll sort out the rest. Not sure? Our Sun Planner shows where the sun falls.

2Pick your colours

Tap two to five colours, your favourite first.

Not sure? Browse our 12 colour palettes and borrow one, or ask us to help.

3Any plants you must have?

A rose you love, a shrub you're keeping, a plant from your grandmother's garden. Add as many as you like, or skip this step.

4Your scheme

Plants we'd start with

A starting point, not the final word. A scheme like this usually runs through the whole garden, and every garden has its sunny and shady corners. Where each plant goes depends on things this planner can't see: your soil (clay, chalk or sand), damp and dry spots, roots from trees and hedges, what is growing there now, the colour of your house and paving, and how you use the space. Some of these plants will want the sunniest spots and some the shadier ones, and a few may not suit your soil at all. We sort that out on site. Send us your scheme or book a visit and we'll talk it through with you.

5Your planting plan

Roughly how much planting is there? Add up the planting areas around your garden: their total length and average depth. We'll size your scheme to it, with a planting list, quantities and a month slider to see what will be in colour through the year.

The Where it goes notes show which plants want the sunnier or shadier parts of your garden. Soil and drainage decide the rest, which is why we check before we plant.

Quantities are a planting guide for budgeting, based on typical spacings for each plant. Our designer adjusts them to your soil, the light on the day and the pot sizes we buy.

Talk it through with Flourish

Every garden is different, so the best next step is a conversation. Free, no obligation. Your palette, planting area and plant list come with it, and Craig or Eli replies within two working days.

Questions about this tool

How does the palette planner work?

Tell it how much light your border gets, pick the colours you love and add any plants you must keep. You get a named colour scheme, our designer’s view of it and a planting list sized to your border. It takes about two minutes.

What if I don't know how much sun my garden gets?

Use our free garden sun planner first. It shows where sun and shade fall through the year, so you can choose the right light setting.

Are the plant quantities exact?

They are a starting point. When we plant a scheme, our designer adjusts the quantities to your soil, the light on the day and the pot sizes we buy.

Is the palette planner free?

Yes. It is free to use for your own garden and you don’t need to sign up.

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