Color Garden Inspiration

If you are looking for a big impact in the landscape, it’s hard to beat the eye-catching color that annuals provide. Tammy Algood gets inspired by the great combination of annuals featured in the color garden at the Botanical Garden of Tennessee – Knoxville.

Plants Featured in this Clip

Impatiens Solarscape XL Salmon
SALVIA 'Mystic Spires Blue'
Profusion Cherry Zinnia
COLEUS 'Limewire'

Gardener Extras

When shopping for annuals for a garden bed, look for plants of different heights, colors, and textures and then layer these in swaths.

Gardener Notes

The UT Gardens, Knoxville is one of three sites of the state Botanical Garden of Tennessee. This outdoor learning laboratory is open year-round and is free to the public. utgardens.tennessee.edu/locations/knoxville

Tammy Algood

Tammy Algood — Tammy has loved to garden and cook her whole life. She wanted to spend as much time as possible with her Grandmother who gardened and cooked, so she learned at her knee. Tammy is a marketing specialist with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture. She has written numerous cookbooks, including Farm Fresh Southern Cooking and The Southern Slow Cooker Bible. “Being a host on Volunteer Gardener allows me to meld both of my passions into one activity…cooking from my garden.”