Happy New Year, everyone! Interested in integrating the Pantone Color of the Year into your garden or floral arrangements? Today, Lisa and Layne discuss the Pantone Color of the Year for 2026 (‘Cloud Dancer’) and a dreamy white corn cockle flower that embodies this color story (Agrostemma githago ‘Ocean Pearls’). Listen to the podcast and find out why ‘Ocean Pearls’ corn cockle is a must-grow plant for your garden or farm!
The “Seed Talk with Lisa & Layne” podcast is produced by The Gardener’s Workshop and co-hosted by Lisa Mason Ziegler and Layne Angelo. Lisa is the founder and owner of The Gardener’s Workshop, where Layne works as Seed Manager. Lisa is the award-winning author of Vegetables Love Flowers and Cool Flowers and the publisher of Flower Farming School Online, Farmer-Florist School Online, and Florist School Online. Watch Lisa’s Story and connect with her on social media. Layne is an avid gardener, seed starter, and engineer who loves learning and applying her technical knowledge to all areas of life, including gardening and growing flowers. Thanks for joining us!
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7 Comments
Thanks for the great video !
I am in zone 7a and I missed my fall planting of cool flowers this year. I am thinking I could sow the seeds for Corn Cockle in trays that have drainage (not cell packs) and leave them in my unheated greenhouse to get them to germinate. Does this sound doable to you Lisa and Layne? I’ve also direct sowed eight weeks before my last frost so I could try both ways. I’m a home YouTube gardener, not a flower farmer.
Thanks for all you do for the gardening community!
Great to start my new year with Lisa and Layne. I hope this is the beginning of many more Seed Talks
I would love to get your opinion on the viral videos on social media right now about winter sowing in milk jugs and how that compares from starting seeds indoors on heat mats. I thought I had a grip on cool flowers and now I’m confused
I have a moon garden and their choice on color makes me smile!
I think Pantone was on point with this years selection. The accompanying write-up makes sense. In my opinion, Cloud Dancer will age well when we look back upon it a few years down the road. Flowers wise, the first thing that comes to mind is Babys Breath for me.
Not a fan of the Pantone “color” this year, but I love tour video regarding this gorgeous flower! I’ll be planting early using paperpots in my garage and get in the ground as soon as it’s workable!
I stared noticing the color pantone when I was having babies. Every year the popular nursery colors changed. Then I started noticing those similar colors in all the things at the stores. I started applying that to what flowers I grow and my florist love me for it ❤🎉❤