Summer 2024 Color Palettes: Guide to Floral and Greenery Trends

Summer’s calling, and it’s bringing color back to floral design!

The summer color trends of 2024 are bringing bold and beautiful shades to our DIY floral designs, with color palettes ranging from serene blues to vibrant yellows.

Today, we’re sharing the top summer floral colors for the 2024 season, with trending color palettes and DIY floral designs. Plus, explore seasonal faux florals that you need on your wishlist.

Vibrant Sunshine

The most indicative summer color palette has to be the vibrant sunshine palette. Think of the vibrant, sunny hues of summertime, where everything in your path is cast with this gorgeous golden glow.

Inspired by the bright colors of summer sunshine, this color palette will bring sunshiney joy to any space it encounters; these arrangements are energizing, optimistic, and warm.

To achieve the look, choose bold hues of yellow, orange, and gold in low-contrast floral arrangements.

This image showcases a color palette inspired by a summer scene. The left side features a photograph of a sunflower field at sunset, with the sun low on the horizon casting warm light that touches the clouds above. On the right, there are five color swatches extracted from the scene: a light sky blue, pale beige, bright sunflower yellow, a muted orange, and an olive green, representing the various tones found in the photograph.

Sunshine Palette Florals

Focal flowers – Sunflowers, marigolds, yellow roses
Filler flowers – Calendula, yarrow, buttercup, miniature daisies
Complimentary greenery – Shallon, ferns, butcher’s broom

Styling the Vibrant Sunshine Palette

Vibrant Sunshine floral arrangements suit high-contrast areas with plenty of natural light, or in darker corners for a livening effect. Here are a few Vibrant Sunshine arrangement ideas:

Sunflower Wreath

Adorn a grapevine wreath with bright blooms including sunflowers, marigolds, and multi-colored yarrow for contrast. Choose yellow-toned faux greenery to bring the design together.

This would look lovely as a feature above a fireplace, on your front door, or above a doorway.

Small-scale Arrangements

For tiny pops of color throughout your space, make miniature bouquets from yellow roses and buttercups, adding them to bookshelves, side tables, and open shelving units.

Serene Blues

The most calming of these seasonal decor colors has to be the Serene Blues palette. Inspired by the brilliant summer skies and ocean water, this palette has a calming aura.

While many spend their summers go-go-going, some of us take the long hot days as a cue to relax, finding peace floating on an inner tube or stretched out on a beach recliner.

This relaxation is what the Serene Blues palette is all about! The colors are cool-toned, with varying shades of blue along with neutral accents.

The image presents a color palette derived from a bunch of hydrangea flowers. On the left, there is a close-up photo of the hydrangeas with clusters of small blue flowers and hints of green leaves. To the right are four color swatches reflecting the hues in the flowers: a soft powder blue, a deeper periwinkle blue, a muted navy blue, and a sage green, all extracted from the photo and presented as a harmonious color scheme.

Serene Blue Florals

Focal flowers – Blue and lavender hydrangeas, delphiniums, forget-me-nots
Filler flowers – Cornflowers, globe thistle, salvia, Queen Anne’s lace, sea holly
Complimentary greenery – Eucalyptus, dried grasses, lamb’s ear, dusty miller

Styling the Serene Blues Palette

Floral arrangements in the Serene Blues palette are best in rooms destined for rest. Here are a couple of design ideas:

Long-stem Luxury

Create a long-stem bouquet destined for a spa-like bathroom, combining delphiniums, sea holly, salvia, and fern.

Bedside Bouquet

Gather a soothing bouquet for your bedside table, composed of pale blue hydrangeas, Queen Anne’s lace, and eucalyptus.

Tropical Escape

If summer means a season of jet-setting and adventure to you, you’ll adore the Tropical Escape palette.

These summer floral colors are exotic and lively, filled with vibrant greens, pinks, and purples. Each element is reminiscent of tropical flora you may find on your next adventure.

Tropical Escape Florals

Focal flowers – Orchids, bromeliads, bougainvillea, birds of paradise, hibiscus, canna lilies
Filler flowers – Ginger flowers, plumeria, sea lavender
Complimentary greenery – Palm fronds, monstera leaves, ferns, bamboo, banana leaves

The image features a vibrant tropical color palette. On the left side is a close-up photo of a heliconia flower, characterized by its bright orange blooms against large teal green leaves. On the right side, four color swatches are displayed, extracted from the photo: a bright turquoise, a rich teal, a deep sea green, and a bold orange, mirroring the vivid contrast and tropical feel of the photograph.

Styling the Tropical Escape Palette

Want to add life and excitement to every corner? Here are some floral arrangement ideas for the Tropical Escape palette:

Brilliant Table Runner

Lay a base of thick banana leaves. Then, decorate your runner with hibiscus, red ginger, canna lilies, and crocosmia.

Hanging Tropics

Craft a stunning hanging installation to hang on a feature wall. Suspend heliconia, orchids, and bird of paradise along with long strands of ivy and fern.

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Summer Color Trends 2024

With the season fast approaching, I hope these 2024 summer color trends inspire you to create incredible DIY floral designs.

Using these summer floral colors is not only a beautiful way to celebrate the brightest season of the year, but it also has the potential to completely transform your space.

Have fun experimenting with these palettes and floral arrangement ideas. And if you’re inspired by any of these color palettes, be sure to share your creations online (tag us @greenery_market so that we can bask in their beauty!).

Summer 2024 Color Palettes: Guide to Floral and Greenery Trends