The 2025 Garden Color Of The Year Is So Bold - Here's 13 Ways To Use It

If you love following current color trends, you'll be absolutely delighted with the 2025 garden color of the year from Garden Media, which is both bold and refreshing. This outstanding color is teal! It's a gorgeous blend of blue and green that will remind you of the warm, tropical waters of the Pacific Ocean. It will add some striking contrast to your garden while still mixing perfectly with the plants and other elements you already have. Teal is cool and calming, giving off that relaxing vibe while still adding a little pop to your outdoor decor. This stunning color can be used in so many different ways, from interesting mass plantings to pretty pots for your favorite flowers.

You'll be surprised at the number of different plants that sport this color, which means you'll have plenty of choices to add to your garden this year. You might even want to go to your local hardware store and get some teal paint mixed to color plain timber garden accessories, a section of your fence, the backyard shed, or even to freshen up your outdoor furniture.

Brighten up the shadier spots in your garden with the delightful Hosta 'Touch of Class,' which features teal-colored leaves that have a lime green center stripe. This gorgeous plant can be grown in USDA hardiness zones 3 through 9 and will add even more interest to your yard when it blooms in summer with pretty lavender flowers on 22-inch stems. There are various other varieties with teal foliage, including some hostas that are tolerant to the sun, but these might lose some of their teal coloring if subjected to excessive sunlight.

If you have a timber fence, even if it's not quite as ornate as this one, you can easily transform it into an eye-catching feature in your yard by painting it with teal fence paint, such as this Rodda Cascadia Exterior Velvet Paint in Turkish Teal. Similarly, you can get suitable fence paint from your local hardware store or dedicated paint store. Make sure the paint you choose is designed to be used outside so that it retains its beauty without fading or deteriorating.

If you have the space, why not consider using the current trend to add a towering blue spruce (Picea pungens) to your yard? This majestic tree can reach heights of up to 60 feet and can be grown in zones 2 through 7. The blue spruce is a needled evergreen with a slow to moderate growth rate. It has a beautiful pyramidal shape, and once established, it's relatively drought-tolerant. As a bonus, this is one evergreen tree variety that thrives in acidic soil.

You can transform any ornaments that you already have in your garden by painting them a beautiful teal color, like this old wagon wheel. While you might be able to find one of these at a thrift store or yard sale, you can also get brand new timber ones, like these Trademark Innovations Decorative Vintage Wagon Wheel replicas that you can paint yourself. Once painted, use it as a feature in a garden bed or hang it on a fence for added visual appeal. 

It's not difficult to find succulents with teal-colored leaves, especially if you consider the Echeveria genus. This Echeveria 'Caribbean' is just one example with its pale teal leaves that are fringed with red. It would make a perfect addition to your rock garden or can be planted in a pot that you can place on your patio or veranda. Echeverias will only survive outside in frost-free areas, so keeping it in a pot makes perfect sense. This way you can move it to a protected area over winter.

If you happen to have a large yard with a stream running through it, no doubt there might be an old timber bridge that you use for crossing. You can easily spruce this up by giving it a new coat of paint in the trending color of teal. Even if you only have a small yard, it's not that difficult to install a miniature version of this bridge to add some interest and visual appeal to your landscaping. If you have a pond, this would be perfect.

If you've never heard of a jade vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys), it's probably because this stunning plant, with its eye-catching teal blooms, is quite rare. It comes from the rainforests of the Philippines and can only be grown in USDA hardiness zones 10 through 12. If you're lucky enough to find one of these plants and can grow it, you'll be absolutely stunned by its magnificent floral display. Give it space, because this climber can reach up to 65 feet in height.

While you might not want to go as bold as painting the exterior of your entire house in teal, you can achieve something similar but on a smaller scale by painting the outside of your garden shed in the same fashion. As you can see, teal blends so beautifully with the surrounding landscape to create a relaxing atmosphere while still retaining its attention-grabbing appeal. You might even have a gazebo or other type of shade structure in your garden that would benefit from a new coat of teal paint. 

Blue fescue (Festuca glauca 'Beyond Blue') is an outstanding plant for garden borders with its teal-colored foliage that drapes gracefully for a lovely soft accent. Apart from being an ornamental grass that makes a good ground cover companion for lavender, it's also perfect for both beginner and experienced gardeners in zones 4 through 9. It forms a lovely, neat clump and looks equally as comfortable in a pot as it does when planted in the ground. Best of all, this plant is heat- and drought-tolerant and doesn't mind a bit of humidity.

If you've ever dreamed of lazy summer afternoons relaxing in a hammock under the cool shade of overhead trees, now you have an excuse to make this dream a reality by adding a spot of teal fabric to your yard! Hammocks come in all shapes and sizes, so you just have to find one in a gorgeous teal colorway that suits your space. To hang your hammock, you can either use tree straps or sturdy hooks if you're installing posts for it.

For succulent lovers or arid region gardeners, nothing beats a rock garden full of agaves. 'Blue Glow' is a brilliant cultivar that will add a touch of teal to your yard. It grows in zones 8 through 11, and being a succulent, it's extremely drought-hardy. This is a relatively compact form, only reaching a height of 2 feet and a width of 3 feet. Just take care when handling this plant, because the leaves have teeth around the edges and a sharp spike on the end.

One of the easiest ways to add some teal to your garden is to go to your local nursery or garden center and look for some lovely teal glazed pots like these gorgeous terra cotta ones. They would look great in your outdoor entertaining area, especially if you plant them either with bright-colored flowers or plants with blue foliage for a coordinated style. Bear in mind that as these pots are glazed, they won't be porous like plain terra cotta, so you'll have to be vigilant with your watering.

Stonecrop (Hylotelephium cauticola) is a hardy succulent that has numerous varieties with attractive, teal-colored leaves. This herbaceous perennial has a lovely creeping habit, which makes it perfect as a ground cover. It can be grown in zones 4 through 9 and needs well-drained soil to thrive. In the fall, it produces showy flowers in pink and purple that attract pollinators and songbirds. Stonecrop is perfect for a rock garden, but it will also do well in a pot on a sunny veranda.