Of course, at this time of year we are spoilt for choice with orange options. As I type, my Hemoracallis (daylilies) are a blaze of blooms, with each only lasting 24 hours, but a master of making each day count!
Fashionable California poppies en-masse offer a truly vibrant vista. Lovers of full sun and a poor soil, they readily self-seed resulting in years of neon nirvana. At the other end of the plant popularity scale, marigolds get a bad press, but what’s not to love about these cheap and thoroughly cheerful fellows? On my Britain in Bloom travels, I’ve frequently seen them used to great effect edging a park’s flower borders, or they come into their own as a companion plant alongside your tomatoes discouraging whiteflies.
Whatever your choice, be it plants or pots, pick orange and I’m optimistic of an outstanding outcome!
Catch Camilla with Alan Titchmarsh on ITV’s ‘Love Your Weekend regularly throughout the year.
More frequently seen in pinks and whites, the ever-popular Cosmos is also available as a tangerine treat, but one of my favourites summer bloomers is Crocosmia, a character who wears orange with all the confidence of a Terry’s chocolate sphere! These clump forming perennials are native to South Africa and their fiery flowers and sword like foliage never fail to impress. The finest Crocosmia cultivar of all, in my opinion, is ‘Emily Mckenzie’ – vibrant orange flowers with ruby throat, well worth investing in.
Plants aside, hard landscaping can also contribute to this satsuma colour scheme. The Project Giving Back Garden at this year’s Chelsea, designed by James Basson, took this to extremes with towering sandstone cliffs coloured with vivid ochre pigments. Whilst you probably won’t be constructing giant undulating landscapes, you may well consider adding a little corten steel to your space. Although a more weathered rusty shade, it sits really well amongst green and a plethora of orange blooms. Try a trough, obelisk or sculpture for year-round structure, which warmly glows in the evening sun.
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