Echinacea 'Sombrero Salsa' |
The Daily DuBrule
I am seeing red everywhere. Ever since Echinacea 'Sombrero Salsa' came into my life, I can't take my eyes off of it. This is a shocking, pure red. As I walk down the steps from my attic office, it is the first thing I see. Every time I turn the corner into the nursery yard, I say "WOW!" to myself. This is one screaming accent color. I must have it.
'Sombrero Salsa' has started me obsessing about the color red. There are two basic flavors: orange-reds and blue-reds.
Hibiscus 'Disco Belle Red' |
Now look at what happens when you introduce burgundy foliage. It totally changes the feeling. Burgundy with blue-reds or rosy-reds is subdued and quite mysterious
Bee balm (Monarda) is a classic red summertime flower. When you take this blue-red and combine it with a green and white variegated foliage it pops with crispness.
Physostegia variegata with bee balm and Persciaria |
The bracts of this bee balm are a deeper maroon |
Coreopsis 'Mercury Rising' & 'Sienna Sunset' |
Daylilies 'Royal Occasion' and 'Condilla' |
Lobelia cardinalis |
I adore reds... I brought 'Salsa' home three weeks ago, and it's just gorgeous. And as soon as we get more 'Mercury Rising' in, some is coming home with me. Echinacea 'Solar Flare' is more of a Kool-Aid red, (on the blue side) with a brown center, and I really like that one - I have four of them, I think. Coreopsis 'Route 66' is nice, too... a yellow threadleaf heavily splashed with red.
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