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To: m*@ucdavis.edu
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 4:50
PM
Subject: Heat Loving Plants with Orange
Berries, Leaves And Flowers?
Hello,
I am going to redo my front yard with heat loving
plants since it faces west and gets very hot in summer. I want to
use some plants with orange leaves, berries or flowers to pick up the color of
my front door which is painted Red Cayenne (which is sort of an
orange/pink/red color combination).
Two plants I can think of are a ground cover
type pyracantha with orange berries and an orange sedge which Annie's Annuals
has and I have grown at another location and was quite happy
with.
I did get on a site from England that talked
about a beautiful tree called Sorbus 'Sheerwater Seedling' which had
spectacular orange berries but I am not sure where I would get this
plant.
Can anyone recommend any other plants. I
don't want to use plants that grow over 4 to 6 feet high (I don't want them to
block out the front windows completely).
Thanks for your help.
Linda
Springville Gardens
Dear Linda,
How about Rhamnus or
coffee-berry. Rhamnus californica tomentosa is native in your area. It gets
tall, but can be trained. It has gray foliage which would contrast well with
your door. It also has nice berries which change color from green to yellow to
red to purple to black. Likes heat too.
Tim
Kalman
