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Re: orange perennials/annuals needed

> I, too, love orange flowers and am constantly looking for those to put in
> my border.  So far, I've been happy with dahlias, cannas, asiatic lillies,
> red hot pokers and butterfly weed.  There are several annual flowers that
> will carry on the color throughout the summer, but those are easier to
> find.

There's also day lilies, orange hawkweed, spotted jewelweed (Impatiens
capensis, but check out Impatiens pallida, a very near relative at

   http://www.mallorn.com/pom/Sep97/

), or the native orange milkwort.

> I'd like an orange perennial that is no more than two feet tall, as all of
> the ones I've mentioned are pretty tall.  Suggestions?

What about Belamcanda chinensis, the blackberry lily?  It has leaves like
an iris, grows about 1 1/2' high, orange flowers with darker reddish spots
inside (like a lily), fruit ripen in fall and look like blackberries.

Chris
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