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re: maroon flowers

Kritsl Walek asks:  What other perennials are folks growing with maroon
(not purple) flowers? 

	In addition to the Knautia, I do grow Pulsatilla and Clematis
(Niobe) that are maroon and sometimes the Hellebores have a maroon
flower too.  Although the flowers don't show (they're hidden under the
beautiful foliage), both the European and the Canadian Gingers--that
make for such great edging all along my shady fern and rhodoendron
bed--have wonderfully strange-looking maroon flowers.  I don't have one
in my yard, but the paw-paw tree in a nearby park has maroon flowers.
	It's true, however, that deep wine-red/maroon is a really rare
color in the garden.  There are lots of wine-purple flowers, including a
great David Austin rose called The Prince, but not many wine-red/maroon
ones.  Maybe some of the fall mums approach that color.  I haven't seen
the Chocolate Cosmos yet--are they maroon?


Susan Campanini
in east central Illinois
zone 5b, min temp -15F×
e-mail:  campanin@uiuc.edu



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