Red in the garden 2023
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woodyoak
last yearNot a lot of red here but the Fireball hardy hibiscuses add good late-summer color in August. There are also a few Lord Baltimore and Luna Red hibiscuses:
Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
last yearOh boy, my favorite ( after apricot ) I actually love all shades of red.
Dream Catcher Dave Bang
Ingrid Bergman
Hot Cocoa perhaps my favorite
Gypsy Soul
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titian1 10b Sydney
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nicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis
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hey everyone..I like all of them!!!..isn’t the red begonia in the corner a good example of how eye catching red looks in a garden?..
Markay MD-Zone 7A (8A on new map)
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I’m not sure what variety this lily is.
tulips
Feiy (PNWZ8b/9a)
last yearRed is the most difficult color for cameras to capture. If they look "not that red", that's definitely my problem.
Coral bells
Tulip
Verbena
Fuchsia
Jupiter's Beard, really a terrible weed in my yard, beautiful though.
As for the rose part, I have to admit that all red double roses look alike to me. LOL. I also have Dancing in the Dark and Black Lady but can't tell which is which from the photos.
Ingrid Bergman
Miracle On The Hudson
Munstead Wood
Velvet Fragrance
Rock Star
Won Fang Yon
Maggie
Roman Holiday
Rose de Rescht
Linda Campbell
Unknown red climber. It used to grow in my old garden and this is from a rooted cutting. Vigorous and super fragrant, suckers easily.
sweet_betsy No AL Z7
last yearlast modified: last yearDid you say red? My favorite--too many to post
alstromeria psittacina
red camellia
heavenly bamboo
lobelia
crocosmia
red buckeye
salvia hot lips
indian pinks
dianthus
texas star hibiscus
clematis rebecca
djacob Z6a SE WI
last yearMost of my reds border on purple so I’ll save those for that color. Here’s my few reds:
First year Lobelia Queen Victoria. I hope it comes back.
Reddish Coleus
Bee Balm
First year Yarrow.
I’m cheating….my neighbors red rose
debra
nicholsworth Z6 Indianapolis
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peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
last yeartitian1 10b Sydney since Ken has not responded Snow disc Think of it as surfing but on a hill covered with snow. Very foreign to you but every kid (and a lot of adults) in snowy areas has done this. It gets crazy fast!
Fabulous reds everyone!
Astilbe Fanal is a favorite. The pic does not do justice to how red it is. The foliage comes up bronze.
Clematis Niobe
Clematis Rouge Cardinal starts out red.
Crocosmia Lucifer is the favorite of hummingbirds here. You may have to enlarge the pic to see it.
Daylily Anzac
Crimson Pirate
Highland Lord
Pardon Me
Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
last yearperen.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
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last yearLove these reds!
Betty Boop
spider lilies
My seedling named for my grandmother, Linda Farrell
Mischievous Magpie (CO 5b)
last yearL Clark (zone 4 WY)
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last yearMagpie, I wonder if voles or gophers could be the problem for your lilies. Some, I think, plant them in underground cages.
More red
Orphelline de Juillet
Annie Laurie..this looks pinkish but really it's more of a cherry red.
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oursteelers 8B PNW
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last yearYes, Oursteelers, it is very fragrant and reblooms often but is prone to blackspot. Can be almost black.
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Peony
Another peony
Munstead Wood
More MW
Benjamin Britten. He's more. Red in person.
librarian_gardner_8b_pnw
last yearlast modified: last yearSo I guess I love
So I guess I love red in the garden here's more.
red in the garden here's more.red in the garden here's more. Also the Houzz Gremlins are at it again.
Rouge Royal
Tess,
Razzmatazz Dahlia
Maggie, RR, Diva Dahlia
Red Eden with a friend
Yay sunflowers
Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
last yearlast modified: last yearReds on their way from High Country
Smokin Hot
Canyon RoadNever enough red
Roxanne planted last summer and already a great roseMischievous Magpie (CO 5b)
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last yearKristine LeGault 8a pnw
last yearperen.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
last yearGreat idea posting to the Rose forum Ken.
Voodoo Dancer
Gaillardia Goblin
Hibiscus
Lobelia cardinalis
Monarda Cambridge Scarlet
Peony Early Scout
Henry Kelsey
Sanguisorba Tanna
sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
last yearRed Sunflowers
Prickly Pear Fruit. These make good jelly and the bees love the flowers.
Red (really a hot pink though lol) Nightblooming Tropical Waterlily.
DA William Shakespear 2000
Dancing Ladies Globba Ginger..this is the reddest globba flower I've ever seen anywhere! These started out as a common pink but over 10 years of them producing tubers, I got one tuber that started producing these much redder flowers. I haven't named it yet.
Hardy Hibiscus
Double Rangoon Creeper Vine aka Drunken Sailor Vine. This smells so sweet when it blooms. I walk out un the yard and usually smell it before I see it.
Midnight Hawaiian Ti plant reverting to a red stripe.
Love these waterlily pads on Miami Rose tropical waterlily. I grow these in large pots with no holes in the bottom in about 2ft of water. Very easy to take care of. My baby tree frogs love hatching out in these.
Globba aka Dancing Ladies rare red foliage. 'Sangria' (not my hybrid)
sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
last yearMore red sunflowers
Gloriosa Vine redder than it looks lol.
Munstead Wood
Don Juan
Hurrican Lilies aka Naked Ladies..just pop up in the lawn during Hurricane season
Love the red under leaves on this Peacock Ginger Kaempferia Grande
Giant Pipevine flower next to a 5 gallon bucket
Reddish polydamas caterpillars that eat the giant pipevine and thrive on it
Giant pipevine flowers up in the tree like huge Scandalous Party Balloons lol
Tree frog seduced by Don Juan :)
mmmm12COzone5
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Rosemantic Fuschia looks more red in person.erasmus_gw
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I really don't grow much in terms of vibrant colors, all the Magnolias are creamy white. The exception is my collection of Crape Myrtles, which I have in RED, PURPLE, MAGENTA, CORAL, and PINK. These are 'Dynamite Red'. The nice thing about the Crapes is that they have a LONG bloom season, start in June here and can end as late as late October, and after the flowers fade, the leaves color up in shades of red, orange, yellow and pink. And speaking of leaf colors, Japanese Maple is other one that is nice for scarlet reds in the Autumn (peak red is in November here).
Here is Nandina for some more red (from a previous snowy Winter). Holly too are in the garden, and the Nelly Stevens is good for red colored berries.
oursteelers 8B PNW