Re: blue and red crayons
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- Subject: Re: blue and red crayons
- From: D* S*
- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 22:01:11 -0400
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On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 14:18:49 -0700 Nan Sterman
<nsterman@mindsovermatter.com> writes:
> Pat -- I've been working on the red as well. Try Salvia > blepharophylla, geum (I don't know which one but I have a red one on > > the orange side of red), some of the peruvian lilies, if you can > grow > passion vines, Passiflora vitifolia is almost blood red, and red hot > > pokers (kniphofia) are really red as well. Salvia elegans > (pineapple > sage) seems to differ a bit from plant to plant but I've had some > really really red ones. > Except for Geum (I'd have to run out and check the label, but I
believe the more-or-less red one is 'Mrs. Bradshaw'), and
maybe Kniphofia if the right cultivar is selected, none of those
plants -- including Cannas and Dahlias -- are going to be winter hardy for
Pat's Zone 5 garden. Unless, Pat, you want to be out there planting
"tenders" every year. ;-) If that's the case, don't forget Salvia
coccina 'Lady In Red'.
Lobelia cardinalis has true red flowers, will appreciate the partial
shade, and be winter hardy for you. There are some "improved" cultivars
such as 'Queen Victoria' which have even larger, redder flowers as well as
maroon foliage.
Dean Sliger
Warren, Michigan, USA
Zone 6B
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