A trip to a garden centre will always give you a chance to see colourful flowers, and Otter Nurseries quite close to me, is a lovely one to visit. Outside, their displays are full of planting ideas for all seasons, with perennials, bulbs, trees and veggie plants on offer. I liked these.
Gentian, such lovely blue
Chrysanths flower prolifically
A grassy shelter
Yellow coneflowers/ echinacea
And inside the huge greenhouse, some exotics.
Young olive trees
Palms
New Guinea Impatiens
Much more affordable and able to withstand the English climate are these dear little Violas.
These are my favourite colours
Second choice
But they are all lovely
If you have loads of money and space,
You could treat yourself to one of these, 
But I’ll have to just enjoy looking around! 
Do you have a favourite plant centre?
Lucid Gypsy 
I just love mooching round. You can usually get great cuppa & cake too!
This is a gorgeous center and a nice treat as all the colors disappear in our gardens. The leaves are slowly getting ready for autumn but seem hesitant to dress up for that last party before the snow flies.
I totally agree. When she was able to go out I used to take my mother, latterly in her wheelchair. We would talk about the colour – it is so stimulating and there are so many ways to link plants and flowers back to the past. Really miss trips like that. Maybe it won’t be too long before my children have to do that with me………..
Such lovely colours,Gilly. Isn’t it amazing how with plants, all colours and shades blend together perfectly? 🙂
I love garden centres, but always want to buy something, which is a problem when you have as little outdoor space as I have!
You have beautiful garden centers, and takes you along to the garden of Flowers. Great Images!
Beautiful shots Gilly and such lovely flowers. I don’t go to our nurseries here because I just want to buy everything and get depressed because I can’t. 😆
Going to garden center is my favorite thing to do; especially, when I run out of orchid potting soil. Once there, I meander and look at everything. But, I always come back to the orchid area. I’m hopeless …!!!
Lovely colors …. 😃
I need that hot red in my life! I lust after the plants, Gilly, and the garden centre varieties are usually so expensive. But once in a while…. 🙂
The yellow peach melbas look like butterflies. 😀 Cool!