Orange Spice List
September Color of the Month
Orange Spice List
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Orange is hot! It makes its presence known, bringing richness and intensity to the garden scene. Orange blends beautifully with chartreuse, yellow and red, holding up well even in the brightest of sunny spots. It can be softened using cream, buff and peach toned blooms and bronze to copper foliage. Try orange with the rich burgundy leaves of Barberries, Ninebark(physocarus) and Bronze Fennel for a satisfying combo. The first orange blooms to appear in my garden are Princess Irene Tulips which glow like orange and pink flames against the lime green of new spring foliage. More impressive in stature are the tall stems bearing hanging clusters of burnt orange bells of Imperial Fritillaries. A pool of burning lava-orange Helianthemum Henfield Brilliant simmers around the acid green blooms of Euphorbia wulfeni.