Re: More Crayola Red Perennials

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Technically, the oriental poppy 'Brilliant' is listed as scarlet, which is "a red" but not true red.  The true red cultivar is 'Beauty of Livermore.' 

 

Other astilbes to consider: 'Red Sentinel', 'Glut', 'Granat', and 'Montgomery.'

 

Val, is your 'Fanal' really red, like in the photo in Shady Oaks catalogue?  They describe it as "blood red" -- I don't think Crayola makes a "Blood" crayon. ;-)  May I ask where you got it?  I saw 'Fanal' at Bloomfest in Detroit two years ago and put it on my "must have" list.  Now I have three of them, from three different sources (not Shady Oaks), and none of them have red blooms -- in fact, each is a completely different color, all are different shades of reddish-purple (haven't taken my Crayola box out to identify each color).   I've been the victim either of poor labeling or randomly acquired seeds.  :-(

 

Dean Sliger

Warren, Michigan, USA

Zone 6B

 

 

On Fri, 28 Jul 2000 11:46:16 -0400 Lowery@zeonchemicals.com writes:
>
> I went out mentally in the garden (I'm at work) and came across a
> couple of
> more ideas for really red blooms:
>
> astilbe 'Fanal'
> heuchera 'Mount St. Helens' (good for the front)
> oriental poppies 'Brilliant' (only early summer)
> penstemon 'Prairie Fire'
> pyrethrum 'Robinson's Red' (although I was disappointed with the
> size of
> the blooms)
> veronica 'Red Fox' (not as brilliant, but a nice little red at the
> front of
> the border)
>
> How much shade is in this particular border?  If there's a lot, some
> of the
> perennials mentioned may not perform as well.  I was going to
> suggest using
> a euonymus (burning bush) background for fall color, but you won't
> get any
> if there's no sun.  At any rate, another little trick that I learned
> by
> reading Tony Lord is to incorporate dark foliage with the reds.  It
> makes
> the red seem deeper.  Lighter foliage makes the red receed to the
> background and the eye won't catch it as well.
>
> Val in KY
> zone 6a
>
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