Peach Fuzz has been named the Colour of the Year 2024 by the Pantone Color Institute. Now the RHS has put together its top plants to incorporate it into your garden
The soft, gentle tones of Peach Fuzz was selected for the 25th year of Pantone’s Colour of the Year. It’s a match for colour 26D in the RHS Colour Chart – the tool for documenting plant colour worldwide. Curators of the RHS Herbarium have researched the plants that most closely match it and can be grown in a range of spaces, big and small.
RHS Chief Horticulturist Guy Barter, said: “With softness, warmth and comfort in its yellows, oranges and pinks, Peach Fuzz is delightful in gardens. In fact, it, or similar peachy tones, are probably already present in a wide range of flowers and garden artefacts, such as paving and containers.”
For gardeners planning to use this signature colour there is no shortage of peachy tones and textures to be found in horticulture. Read on for the RHS’s top 10 matches.
Dahlia ‘Labyrinth’
Its large, flamboyant flowers, up to 20cm across, have peachy petals, gently curled and twisted to reveal the darker pink undersides. Flowers from mid-summer to the first frost.
Rosa ‘Joie de Vivre’
A small shrub reaching about 60cm in height. It flowers repeatedly through the summer and autumn. The scented blooms are double and rosette in form with a peachy pink and cream colour. Needs a moist but well-drained position in full sun.
Rebutia ‘Apricot Ice’
A hybrid rebutia cactus, comprising barrel-shaped stems with soft, hair-like spines, and large, star-shaped orange blooms, which fade to apricot-pink. Easy to grow and makes a great beginner’s houseplant.
