This Mediterranean Garden Color Trend Makes So Much Sense for Future Hot Summers — It Looks Good, and Is Easier to Look After, too

Mediterranean garden design with silver and gray foliage and multi-stem tree, plus a modern pergola.

Any Mediterranean-inspired planting design tends to have a color theme that relies predominantly on the addition of cool shades of olive green, silver, gray and blue-green foliage. Plants in these colors often have an interesting architectural shape too that adds a sense of drama, as well as making ideal plant partners

Many plants with leaves in these colors are drought tolerant, and thrive in full sun, and this is why they tend to be a key part of Mediterranean garden ideas. In addition their foliage reflects harsh sunlight, loses less water, and enhances the signature Mediterranean color palette of pale stone, warm terracotta, and the deep blue of sea and sky.