Cheerful spring seedlings to add colour to your garden

PROPERTY NEWS - Summer is here, and with it comes a desire for bright colours in the garden.

With many people experiencing financial difficulties, the idea of splurging on expensive plants to create an ideal garden seems out of the question.

Marigold sunset giants

Marigold Sunset Giants are beautiful and bright plants. They come in yellow, sometimes with an added orange hue.

These are the perfect flowers to plant to add colour in your garden.

Marigold Photo: www.edenbrothers.com

African daisies

African daisies come in a variety of colours - pink, purple, yellow, orange, white, red, blue and lavender - you'll be spoilt for choice.

These flowers also tend to be bi-coloured or multi-coloured, meaning each flower will have an array of colours, adding a rainbow-esque flair to your garden. This also means you'll spend less money on making your garden look colourful, as the technicolored daisies will do the trick.

African daisies Photo: www.stodels.com

Sweet alyssum

Sweet alyssum are small low growing flowers which come in white, violet and pink. They can sometimes be bi-coloured, growing in a pink-purple mix.

These flowers are great to plant in your garden because they'll cover the ground in a "carpet of snow" - a term used to describe how these plants look when they are fully grown.

Sweet alyssum Photo: www.gardeningknowhow.com

Nemesia

Nemesia are perennial plant flowers that come in yellow, pink, purple, red, white and orange. They are mainly used as bedding plants and they flourish in well-drained soil with compost. They can also be planted as edging plants and hanging basket plants.