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 Plant list: Orange plants
In summer orange is a very in-your-face colour, so use it sparingly to make a striking impact or contrast. But in autumn, it takes on a more mellow feel.
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| Latin name: | | Pyracantha ‘Golden Charmer’ |
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| Common name: | | Firethorn |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | White |
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| Leaf colour: | | Glossy bright green |
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| Height and spread: | | 3m x 3m (10ft x 10ft) |
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An evergreen, arching, bushy and very prickly shrub that will train well against a wall. In the autumn, it is covered with bunches of large, bright orange berries.
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| Latin name: | | Berberis linearifolia ‘Orange King’ |
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| Common name: | | Barberry |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Deep orange |
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| Leaf colour: | | Dark green |
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| Height and spread: | | 2.2m x 1.7m (7ft x 6ft) |
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An upright, evergreen shrub with stiff branches which are smothered with cup-shaped flowers. Prefers a spot in full sun and well-drained soil. All parts will cause an upset stomach if eaten.
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| Latin name: | | Eschscholzia californica |
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| Common name: | | California poppy |
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| Type of plant: | | Annual |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Orange |
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| Leaf colour: | | Blue-green |
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| Height and spread: | | 30cm x 15cm (1ft x 6in) |
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Fast growing slender annual grown for its bright, poppy-like flowers and is perfect for the rock garden or in containers. Deadhead to prolong flowering. Prefers full sun.
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| Latin name: | | Kniphofia caulescens |
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| Common name: | | Red-hot poker |
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| Type of plant: | | Perennial |
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| Hardiness: | | Frost-hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Reddish-pink |
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| Leaf colour: | | Blue-green |
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| Height and spread: | | 120m (394ft) x 60cm (2ft) |
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Evergreen, upright perennial with coarse-edged, arching, lance-shaped, leaves. Stout stems bears terminal flower spikes.
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| Latin name: | | Tagetes erecta |
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| Common name: | | African marigold |
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| Type of plant: | | Annual |
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| Hardiness: | | Half-hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Orange, yellow and red |
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| Leaf colour: | | Deep green |
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| Height and spread: | | 30cm to 1m x 30cm to 50cm (1ft to 3ft x 1ft x 2ft) |
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Fast growing, bushy upright annual with pungent foliage which is a good companion plant to keep away aphids. Flowers are double, daisy-like, and 5cm (2in) wide.
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