Color Combination Guides

Explore Our Shades of Beautiful Plans

Our gardens are a vibrant canvas where creativity blooms. Discover how to choose stunning color combinations that not only enhance your garden’s beauty but also create visual harmony. These free digital guides offer expert tips on pairing colors, designing impactful landscapes, and planning gardens that captivate the eye—all crafted by the seasoned experts at Monrovia.

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Plant Palettes for Spring 2025

As you plan a garden refresh or makeover this season, now is the perfect time to collect ideas for your color palette. This year, trending colors are bright and warm, with the best new plants offering us ways to make our landscape more vibrant.

Let the 10 palettes in our guide be a source of inspiration as you shop the garden center. Combine Monrovia plants in your cart to get a sense of how they’ll look in the garden, using color echoes and contrasts to create your vision. Tag us @monroviaplants on your social media to share your favorite color combos.  We can’t wait to see what you create!

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Plant Palettes for Spring and Summer 2024

Creating stunning plant combinations in the garden can be daunting. But it doesn’t have to be. Our “Shades of Beautiful” guidebook offers 10 palettes you can take with you on your next trip to the garden center. Use our plant recommendations, or just let the fresh color combos inspire new choices. With these gorgeous palettes, you can achieve eye-catching beauty this season.

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Plant Palettes for Spring 2023

Elevate your color choices with the 2023 edition of the "Shades of Beautiful" guidebook. This comprehensive guidebook showcases 10 distinct plant palettes that demonstrate how to artfully blend color and texture in your garden. Drawing inspiration from the latest design trends, each palette highlights specific plants and provides useful guidelines to help you create stunning combinations. Allow these striking color combinations to inspire your plant selections for the year.

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Plant Palettes for Spring 2022

Refine your palette with the 2022 “Shades of Beautiful” guidebook. It offers 10 plant palettes that illustrate how to confidently use color, shape, and texture when combining plants. Inspired by the latest trends in color, these palettes feature specific plants as well as general guidelines. Take these recommendations along with you to the garden center, and let the color combos inspire your selections this year.

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Plant Palettes for Spring 2021

Creating stunning plant combinations in the garden can be daunting. But it doesn’t have to be. Our “Shades of Beautiful” guidebook offers 10 palettes you can take with you on your next trip to the garden center. Use our plant recommendations, or just let the fresh color combos inspire new choices. With these gorgeous palettes, you can achieve eye-catching beauty this season.

Need Help With Your Garden Plan?

 
If you're dreaming of a lush, vibrant garden but are overwhelmed with where to start, Monrovia can help. Get inspired with the help of our grow guides and beautiful garden photos that showcase endless possibilities. Whether you have a clear-cut summer garden plan or simply want to enhance your curb appeal with some dazzling perennials, we have the inspiration (and selection) to bring your vision to life.

Explore our inspirational guides today and start growing beautifully.