What is “Gemini Hair”?
It is a colorful, astrology-inspired look that has hair dyed in two different, contrasting colors. One color can be one’s natural color with a vibrant, bold color as the second. Or, it can be two bold colors side-by-side. Or why not gray on one side with black or brown on the other? Any way you go, it’s certainly a fashion statement.
Not daring enough to try the “Gemini” look on your hair? Then why not in your garden?
There are many flowers and plants with bold colorations on their leaves and petals. The below examples are but a few that you can try in your yard or garden to spice things up and jump onto this trendy look.
“Gemini” Colored Annuals
Coreopsis Incredible! Swirl
Coreopsis tinctoria
Tall, bushy, and prolific, Incredible! Swirl is a quick and easy grower that draws an abundance of butterflies and bees. Planted in mass, the blooms are a feast for the eyes and make a showstopping display that is sure to delight. An excellent choice for a pollinator garden or cut flower garden.
Gazania Kiss White Flame
Gazania rigens
This sun-loving annual is fantastic for gardens, landscapes, and planters. The daisy-like flowers come in multiple bright eye-popping colors that add zest to gardens and landscapes. Gardeners and landscapers appreciate its heat and drought tolerance.
Spiderwort Pistachio White
Tradescantia fluminensis
A breeding breakthrough allows this all-new tradescantia to maintain heavy white variegation while still supporting vigorous growth. An excellent selection for small pots and hanging baskets, as well as an eye-popping combination item. It maintains fantastic performance as a house plant in winter months!
“Gemini” Colored Annuals – Petunias rise to the trend!
Petunia RIMarkable™
Petunia hybrida
The deep-violet blooms, looped with a distinctive white rim make the new RIMarkable™ Petunia truly remarkable. RIMarkable features a mounding and trailing habit that makes it a perfect addition to larger hanging baskets and container combos.
Petunia Fun House Potpourri
Petunia hybrida
Step right up to thrilling color! Dynamic petunias with unique flower color and pattern. Great habits for a fun addition to hanging baskets and patio containers. The two-toned colors are fun and eye-catching and pair well with many different annual and perennial plants.
Petunia Shock Wave® Purple Tie Dye
Petunia hybrida
Shock Wave® Purple Tie Dye is a playful spreading petunia with a purple-blue and white bicolor pattern. Each bloom is as unique as an artist’s brush stroke. The random, variable color will blanket hanging baskets with masses of petite, high-impact flowers.
Petunia Surfinia® Purple Starshine
Petunia hybrid
This bicolor novelty has hot purple blooms with a stable star pattern in each flower. It has a compact, mounded habit that will work well in hanging baskets, planters, and landscapes. Our Surfinia petunias are 30 years old and we are getting the party started with Purple Starshine!
Petunia Surfinia® Heavenly Amethyst Burst
Petunia hybrid
Heavenly Amethyst Burst petunias are beautiful light purple blooms with dark throats that are perfect for containers, hanging baskets, and landscapes. Surfinia petunias are known for their strong garden performance, endless flowering, and excellent rain resistance.
Petunia Headliner Enchanted Sky™
Petunia hybrida
Enchanted Sky features both a hazy white star and a sky pattern backed in a cheery pink flower color which adds a different color to your summer annuals. The Headliner series is known for its mounded, medium-vigor habit perfect for impactful hanging baskets.
“Gemini” Colored Houseplants
Dieffenbachia
Cool Beauty
Dieffenbachia spp.
One of the most exciting new varieties of this tried-and-true houseplant we’ve seen, Cool Beauty features leaves variegated both with creamy centers and crisp white edges. It’s a dwarf variety, so it stays full and compact, too — perfect for your favorite desk or tabletop.
Schismatoglottis Green Arrow
Schismatoglottis wallichii
A striking houseplant in the aroid family (related to Pothos, Philodendron, and Monstera) that features arrow-shaped leaves boldly variegated with silver stripes. The leaves grow bigger and even more eye-catching as the plant matures!
Dracena White Aspen
Dracaena fragrans
This award-winning plant offers just about everything you could ask for — it’s easy to grow, features dramatic variegated foliage, and fits in with any decor style. White Aspen Dracaena features green leaves broadly edged in creamy white, making it a standout in every houseplant collection.
“Gemini” Colored Perennials – Gaillardia lend themselves naturally to this coloration!
Gaillardia Fanfare Showtime
Gaillardia grandiflora
Fiery reds and yellow pinwheel blooms create an unforgettable show against gray-green foliage. The compact mounding habit makes it the perfect small-space addition to a container planting, border, bed, or cut flower garden. Hardy to zone 5.
Gaillardia Fire Wheels
Gaillardia aristata
Drought-tolerant, easy-to-grow plants with trumpet-like, yellow-fluted petals surrounding a crimson center. Hardy in zones 3-9.
Gaillardia REALFLOR® Sunset Halo
Gaillardia x grandiflora
Cheery colorful flowers in sunshine yellow with bright cherry red centers. Flowering continuously from early spring. Compact rounded habit 12′ x 12″. Great for easy summer containers and mass planting in the garden border.
“Gemini” Colored Hosta – Their leaves often sport this Gemini-style coloration!
Hosta Miss America
Hosta hybrid
A majestic, variegated large hosta that will capture the hearts of any gardener who showcases it in their garden. Medium green, heart-shaped leaves have white centers and light green intermediate streaking between the center and margin. The contrast between the margin and the center is dramatic and refined.
Hosta Improved White Feather
Hosta hybrid
The striking leaves of the White Feathered Hosta stand straight up and point to the sky. In early summer to early fall, you will get beautiful, bell-shaped, lavender flowers to attract butterflies to your garden! This truly is a stunning addition to any shady border to brighten your garden!
Hosta First Blush
Hosta hybrid
Starting out green in the spring, this incredible hosta begins to show a blush of red color from tip to base. As the season wanes, the rich green hue will return. The red blush will persist longer in Northern gardens. In summer, purple blooms enrich the scene with contrasting color.
What do you think? Are you going to bring the “Gemini Hair” trend to your garden?
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Please let us know which nurseries sell each of these plants. Readers are bound to want them when they see these beautiful photos!
Be sure to look at our Shop Our Members page for where to find this plants. You can also find more information on all our member’s New Plants here.
Love the Gemini look! Any Dahlias like it?
Yes, they are check out our Year of the Dahlia photo page as well as shop our members page for where to buy.