Re: Orange?

>I've begun the spring work on my *hot* garden - only reds, oranges and
>yellows allowed.
>
>What are your favorite orange perennials?

I am in love with a poppy called glaucium flavum which, as I understand it,
grows along the coast of Britain.  It has grey-green leaves that are
sharply toothed and quite extraordinary.  The flowers are soft apricot.
Mine bloom in summer and have a fairly long bloom.  I have mine planted
with a grass whose name I have forgotten, but has an orange tinge to it, so
when there are no flowers, there is still a beautiful gray-green/orange
combination (my husband walked in as I was typing this and in reading what
I'd written, he said "that grass is so cool.... I want some of that in the
front yard, too).

By the way, I've planted three of these poppies from gallon containers and
only one made it, but that one has reseeded itself and now I have a lovely
bed of them.  One of the seeds sprouted in the sand between some stone
steps and despite the fact that it is not a watered area, it seems to be
growing quite happily.  It will be interesting to see if it blooms as well
in our very dry climate and with no irrigation.

Nan
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Nan Sterman
San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11

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