Plants for your  Planters  

Epimedium x warleyense

Evergreen perennial with cross-shaped flowers and heart-shaped leaves that flush red in spring and autumn.

Height & Spread: 40x40cm

E. x versicolor 'Cupreum' Has coppery orange flowers.

Cultivation: Plant in autumn in humus-rich, free-draining

compost, in light shade. Water freely while growing and

apply a liquid feed monthly. Mulch with leaf-mould in Autumn. Remove the old foliage in spring to allow the new growth to show through.

Erysimum cheiri Syi. Cheiranthus cheiri Wallflower

'0range Bedder'

A biennial sub-shrub with lance-shaped leaves and clusters of sweetly scented, four-petalled flowers.

Height & Spread: 25x25cm

E. hieraciifolium (syn. E. x allionii) Tall species with brilliant orange flowers with hairs on the backs of the Petals.

Height & Spread: 50x30cm

Cultivation: Plant in early autumn into a free-draining, neutral to alkaline compost and site in full sun. Water moderately. Feeding is unnecessary. Pinch out the growing tips after planting to encourage bushiness. Prone to club root and root rot.

Ranunculus asiaticus 'Accolade Tangerine'

Tuberous perennial Producing large, peony or Poppy-like

flowers on compact plants.

Height & Spread: 25x15cm

R. asiacticus 'Bloomingdale Orange Bi-colour' This bears

orange flowers with petals shading to white at the base.

Cultivation: Plant out in eary spring into a good-quality

potting mix. Site in full sun. These cultivars will tolerate

Iight frost but should be moved to a sheltered position

if cold weather is severe or prolonged. Water moderately.

Feeding is unnecessary. Remove spent flowers.

Tulipa Tulip 'Prinses lrene'

Bulb producing large, cup-shaped flowers with purple feathering on the outer petals.

Height:30cm

T. 'Orange Banquet' Deep orange cup-shaped flowers

with a pale yellow base.

T. 'Orange Favourite' The flowers have finely and irregularly cut petals.

Height: 50cm

Cultivation: In autumn, plant bulbs 10cm deep in a loam-based compost. Place the bulbs close together. Site

in sun or shade in a sheltered position out of the wind. In

growth, water moderately. Remove spent flowers.

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Plants for your planters

White and cream flowers

Pink flowers

Red  flowers

Orange flowers

Yellow flowers

Blue & purple flowers

Foliage