RE: Orange?





Valerie Lowery@ZEON
05/03/99 02:48 PM

Here's a list of orange flowers straight from Better Homes & Gardens'
Complete Guide to Flower Gardening:

SPRING:
Aquilegia canadensis (American columbine)
Mimulus cardinalis (scarlet monkey flower)
Viola cornuta 'Changreyland' (horned violet)

SUMMER:
Achillea millefolium 'Orange Queen', 'Paprika' (common yarrow)
Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed)
Belamcanda chinensis (blackberry lily)
Dianthus barbatus 'Scarlet Beauty' (sweet William)
Gaillardia x grandiflora 'Goblin' (blanket-flower)
Geum quellyon 'Fire Opal', 'Mrs. Bradshaw' (geum)
Hemerocallis fulva (tawny daylilly)
Hemerocallis hybrids 'Bertie Ferris,' 'Buzz Bomb', 'Hot Embers,' (daylilly)
Iris hybrida 'Queen of Hearts,' 'Sultan's Palace' (bearded iris)
Kniphofia uvaria 'Pfitzeri,' 'Shining Sceptre' (red-hot poker)
Ligularia dentata 'Desdemona' (big-leaf ligularia)
Lynchnis chalcedonia (Maltese cross)
Paeonia lactiflora 'Coral and Gold', 'Coral Isle', 'Crusader'
Papaver orientale 'Beauty of Livermore,' 'China Boy', 'Prince of Orange'
(oriental poppy)
Phlox paniculata 'Orange Perfection', 'Sandra' (garden phlox)

LATE SUMMER AND FALL:
Chrysanthemum x morifolium 'Deep Regards,' 'Victory' (garden mum)
Helenium autumnale 'Moerheim Beauty', 'Red-gol Hybrids' (sneezeweed)

BULBS:
Begonia x tuberhybrida 'Buttery Orange,' 'Non-stop Copper,' 'Orange
Cascade,' 'Tahiti' (tuberous begonia)
Canna 'Lucifer', 'Standt Fellbach,' 'Wyoming'
Crocosmia 'Lucifer' (montbretia)
Lilium 'Thunderbolt' (Aurelian trumpet lilies)
Lilium 'Avignon', 'Enchantment' (Asiatic hybrid lilies)
Lilium 'Orange Tiger' (tiger lily)
Dahlia 'Brio', 'Mrs. Eileen'
Tigridia pavonia (tiger flower)

Do you want the annuals, too?  You may need them to keep the orange in
color through the summer.


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