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I have a customer who wants summer flowering plants to dress a marquee for a corporate event in mid June. Last year we did white daisy flowered marguerites which apparently weren't colourful enough. Am struggling for ideas as she wants plants in 3 sizes, 10cm (ish) pots to use as table centres, 14cm (ish) pots to use on buffet tables, and specimen sort of size plants (but not standards) to go in terracotta planters outside the marquee. The look she wants is English country garden, last year we used zinc buckets as planters for the small plants. I've suggested hydrangea but she hasn't got the budget for that and has asked me to quote for lavender, but am not convinced she'll be happy with them given her reaction to the rather lovely flower laden marguerites we supplied last year . Any ideas folks? Ta muchly .

what about rose plants...various sizes, english gardeny blah blah you could get single colours. I think the lavender will be too pale for her if she didn't like the marguerites. Some people have no taste

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what about Perricallis?? I had some a few weeks ago,,the first batch through. I can't remember the common name now..they are similar to margeurites but a really vivid violet colour,,I can't believe the colour of them,,they are gorgeous,,I have the last one on my porch now.

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Peonies?

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Hi Rosa

It's a bit limiting having to have the same plant in three sizes, but not standard type. I would also say hydrangea as the mini single head ones are perfect for tablecentres and look very English country garden.

Other than rose plants as Sosas says, what about geraniums? Passiflora pyramids would be lush for the taller ones, maybe you could team them with purple campanula for the centres?

Uhhhh...fuchsia.....azalea....impatiens....

I wouldnt have lavenders especially if its hot then the marquee could be swarmed in beesi would maybe go for as sosas says roses or mixed basket plant arranged as surfinia, fuschia, bacopa, nepeta,etc and maybe do each table different?
We did something simular a few years back and we had cut birch trees tall in the centre and underplanted with mxd summer plants, it did look lovly with the standard margarites and 8-10 foot birch trees scattered around the marquee.

heather??

my dutchman has margarites in yellow and a pink double variety as well, dont know if they come in different sizes though ?. what about chrysanth plants? abit boring but you'd get the size and colours

Er...Fuchsia ?

Any size you want, any color you want. Plant em up now and feed them well you could have a lovely show by then.

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Lisi prob too small? Jasmine to go outside the marquee? Is gardenia around then?