Pelargonium for Europe highlights the global trends that are set to influence plant choices and gardening styles as we head towards the 2021 growing season.

Throughout the pandemic, our homes and gardens have been transformed into sanctuaries – safe havens during these unprecedented times.

Fashions come and go in gardening, but in recent years one trend has consistently gathered pace – the rising popularity of exotic and sub-tropical planting. Fuelled by television makeover programmes, gardeners’ love affair with ‘outdoor rooms’ has been driving demand for lush foliage plants and dazzling blooms that rekindle memories of happy holidays in warmer climes.

Have you ever wondered if an almost indestructible plant exists that’s virtually impossible to kill? A plant that will flower profusely all season-long with little human intervention, even if you’re new to gardening? One that thrives in summer drought and shrugs off heatwaves but won’t sulk or keel over if summer showers dampen play.

Robust plants that shrug off extremes of heat and drought are set to play an increasing role as households rise to the challenge of gardening in a warming climate, according to the experts at Pelargonium for Europe. Climate change is tipped to change the way in which we garden as rising global temperatures, combined with more frequent weather extremes such as drought and heatwaves, influence…

Few hobbies provide the joy and satisfaction that comes naturally with gardening. From nurturing young plants in spring to savouring the heady perfume of gorgeous flowers on a warm summer’s evening, gardening is the most rewarding pass time on the planet.

We all need a pick-me-up right now, and there is no better antidote to the anxiety of the pandemic than looking forward to spectacular borders, containers and hanging baskets for 2021 that promise to set our gardens ablaze with colour and fragrance throughout next sumer.