RE: burgundy flowers

Thank you for all the suggestions.  Curiously, I am the one who recently bought 'Beaujolis'!  Mine is yet to bloom as well.
 
Actually, I am looking for burgandy flowers for spring through fall.  I'm afraid my pairings are not as imaginative as yours; it is for a pink/burgandy/blue/white bed.  But it was quite apparent this year that it was more of a PINK bed -- hence, the question.
-----Original Message-----
From: Pavlacky@cs.com [mailto:Pavlacky@cs.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 9:40 AM
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: burgundy flowers

SU,

I assume you want burgundy flowers for this time of year-- I have some
burgundy too, the Knautia already mentioned, a cactus dahlia ( many dahlias
come in this color, and have a lot of effect, as they all do!), and a new
Lysmachia atropurpurea 'Beaujolais', --24-36" with a bit bluish foliage that
boasts maroon flowers similar to the gooseneck--I believe someone mentioned
it here on this list a while back.  I havent seen it bloom yet, it's still a
baby, but I have high hopes.  ALso Clematis, 'Niobe', and Astilbe are this
color.  I have a viticella Clematis that has just burst into another bloom,
after practically croaking after planting.  I bought an untagged
one--masochistic--so can't tell you what it is, but it leans toward carmine
red anyway.

I think the burgundy flowers look very nice with burgundy foliage nearby,
like Penisetum rubrum and Berberis, and Lysimachia ciliata ? with burgundy
foliage.  I use this same color scheme in June with IRis.
I'm curious, what are the other predominant colors you are mixing with
burgundy?  I went with limey-yellow like Moonraker Phygelius, and some
variegated sage in green and yellow.

SP, Portland, OR 

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