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Relishing Red

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Red says, “Stop!”

From A Gardener Comes to Terms with Red:

Many garden designers caution against using red. English garden designer and writer Mary Keen warns, “Red… like all stimulants, needs to be handled carefully and treated with respect.” Even the adventurous gardener Christopher Lloyd complains “Large blocks of undiluted red are a mistake; as indigestible as swallowing a lump of uncooked dough.” Floral designer Malcolm Hillier calls red “A blunt jab in the ribs.”


Tulipa praestans‘Fusilier’ with Anemone blanda.  Photo: Daniel Mount
Tulipa praestans‘Fusilier’ with Anemone blanda. Photo: Daniel Mount

SPRING:

Tulipa praestans  ‘Fusilier’; T. sprengeri; T. ‘King’s Blood’; T. ‘Red Shine’

Acer palmatum ‘Shishio Improved’

Chaenomeles japonica ‘ Texas Scarlet’

Rhododendron ‘Ostbo’s Red Elizabeth’ Photo: Daniel Mount
Rhododendron ‘Ostbo’s Red Elizabeth’ Photo: Daniel Mount

Rhododendron ‘Winsome’; R. ‘Ostbo’s Red Elizabeth’; R. ‘Mount Saint Helen’s’

Paeonia tenuifolia; P. ‘Illini Warrior’

Primula japonica ‘Miller’s Crimson’, P. veris ‘Sunset Shades’

Dahlia 'Urchin' Photo: Daniel Mount
Dahlia ‘Urchin’ Photo: Daniel Mount

SUMMER:

Hemerocallis ‘Old Time Rock ‘n’ Roll’; H. ‘Coral Majority’

Rosa ‘Dublin Bay’; R. ‘Eye Opener’; R. ‘Chevy Chase’

Dahlia ‘Urchin’; D. ‘Cornell’

Nasturtium ‘ Empress of India’

Coleus ‘Big Red Judy’ Photo: Daniel Mount
Coleus ‘Big Red Judy’ Photo: Daniel Mount

Coleus ‘Big Red Judy’

Lobelia tupa; L. speciosa ‘Compliment Deep Red’

Lilium ‘Naomi’

Iresine ‘Blazin’ Rose’

Astilbe ‘Visions in Red’, A. ‘ Fanal’

Iresine ‘Blazin’ Rose’ Photo: Daniel Mount
Iresine ‘Blazin’ Rose’ Photo: Daniel Mount

 

Astilbe 'Visions in Red' Photo: Daniel Mount
Astilbe ‘Visions in Red’ Photo: Daniel Mount
Lobelia speciosa ‘Compliment Deep Red’ Photo: Daniel Mount
Lobelia speciosa ‘Compliment Deep Red’ Photo: Daniel Mount

FALL:

Rosa moyesii

Cotoneaster salicifolius ‘Scarlet Leader’

Viburnum opulus ‘Compactum’

Fuchsia regia

Oxydendrum arboretum

Quercus robur ‘Crimson Spire’

Vitis coignetiae

Salvia splendens ‘Van Houttei’; S. elegans ‘Golden Delicious’

Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Pee Wee’ Photo: Daniel Mount
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Pee Wee’ Photo: Daniel Mount

Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Pee Wee’, H. macrophylla ‘ Glowing Embers’

Enkianthus perulatus

Enkianthus perulatus Photo: Daniel Mount
Enkianthus perulatus Photo: Daniel Mount

 

WINTER:

Hamamelis ‘Feuerzauber’

Helleborus ×hybridus  ‘Mardi Gras Maroon Red’

Salix alba ‘Chermesina’.  Photo: Bluestem Nursery
Salix alba ‘Chermesina’. Photo: Bluestem Nursery

Salix alba ‘Chermesina’

Camellia sasanqua ‘Yuletide’; C. ‘Black Opel’

Ilex ×altaclerensis ‘Golden King’

Skimmia japonica

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