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Create a color perfect garden. One cannot help but feel energized and happy when entering a colorful spring garden, ready to explore the smells, sounds and colors. One of the first steps in garden planning is to determine what color or colors to use to best fit your personality and set the mood for your outdoor spaces. Colors opposite of each other on color wheel compliment, while colors next to each other are more contrasting. One way to create a unified garden is to use colors sparingly, creating so called color echoes throughout the garden. When choosing color, consider the overall effect you seek. Some colors pair well together while others may vibrate or add tension. Some colors make spaces look smaller and some larger. In the end, it's all about the colors you love and the space you want to create.
About this Variety
Use red to create stunning focal points in the garden. Big, bold red flowers are show stoppers and grab attention. Color Your Garden Red Collection consists of: 7 Lily Red Sensation, 5 Poppy (Papaver) Red and 25 Crocosmia Lucifer.
Highlights
- Vibrant, bold and beautiful summer color
- Easy to grow
- Excellent for bouquets and cut flower arrangements
- Grows well in containers, garden beds and borders
- Beneficial to pollinators; attracts bees, butterflies & hummingbirds
Exposure:
Full Sun - Poppies (Papaver)
Full Sun to Partial Shade - Lilies and Crocosmia
Blooms:
Summer
Height:
Lily Red Sensation grows 20-28" tall
Poppy (Papaver) Red grows 18-36" tall
Crocosmia Lucifer grows 24-36" tall
Spacing/Depth:
Plant Lilies 4-6" deep, 4-6" apart
Plant Poppies 1-2" deep, 18-24" apart
Plant Crocosmia 3-5" deep, 4-6" apart
USDA Zones:
Grow Lilies as Perennials in zones 4-9. Grow as Annuals elsewhere.
Grow Poppies as Perennials in zones 3-9. Grow as Annuals elsewhere.
Grow Crocosmia as Perennials in zones 7-10. Grow as Annuals elsewhere.
Growing Instructions
Plant in the spring after all danger of frost has passed. Poppies prefer full sun. Lilies and Crocosmia prefer full sun to partially shaded locations. The ideal soil is rich and porous and drains well, yet still holds enough water for the roots. If your soil is heavy clay and drains slowly, or very sandy and does not hold water, add organic soil amendments like peat moss or ground bark. Spread a 3-4 inch layer of soil amendment if needed and incorporate into the soil to a depth of 10 inches. Plant according to depth and spacing noted. Cover with soil. When planting a large number of bulbs or roots in one bed, excavate the entire area to the recommended depth, work fertilizer into the bottom of the trench, set out bulbs or roots and then cover all at once. Water thoroughly at planting. While actively growing, water frequently and thoroughly so that water will reach roots. Mulch to keep the soil cool and to prevent the soil from drying out.
Care Tip
Newly planted bulbs and roots need extra moisture once growth appears during their first year in the garden to ensure they form a solid root system.