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re: maroon flowers

At 02:58 PM 6/26/97 -0500, you wrote:
>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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A few years ago, I bought some September Ruby asters.  They fit the dark
red/maroon category, although I must say I would not recommend them.  They
spread like crazy, and each year for the past 5 we think we've pulled them
all out, and the following year, there they are.  Grow to about 3 feet, but
stay fairly upright without support.  Margaret, in southwest Idaho zone
5/6, sometimes 4
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