What Perennials are looking Red?

I'm on the lookout for plants for our "Hot" border. Flowers must be a good strong red. Names and Photos please My Lupin Beefeater is looking particularly good at present



as is Lupin The Page


Sorry, had to crop from wide angle images, I'll try to take some better pictures tomorrow

 

Crosimia lucifer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/238.shtml

Rusty

 

Lobelia cardinalis Victoria....stunning plant!

 

Couple of ideas. An herbaceous plant which is really easy from seed is Geum Mrs Bradshaw (idiot me just read Shiney's post great minds ? and all that!!! sorry). Here (I'll be later than you being in Scotland) they are just starting to flower and keep flowering for absolutely ages.Apart from reasonable soil they ask for nothing, never sick or sorry, withstand wind and rain well and have good green foliage. Not too tall so good for the front of the bed. Photos of mine are rubbish as was actually taking the photos for another purpose than taking them. They are redder than in the photo too. Bishop of Llandaff Dahlia cracking with almost black foliage.Astilbe Fanal, very good colour Photos copied off the net as mine not flowering yet .

 

Echo above

Geum Bradshaw
Crocosmia
Dahlia bishop of llandaff
Lobelia

Also cannas, callas, begonia, lillies, hemerocallis, hardy gerberas

 

Great foliage plant JWK and a cinch to increase. Just pop growing shoots in water and they will grow roots in days!

 

Monarda didyama is not seen often enough..................




If it's happy it'll spread like boogery..............


Salvia elegans (Pineapple Sage) is a little borderline in terms of hardiness, but worth the effort...............


Lobelia Queen Vic has already been suggested, but there is also L.tupa.................


..........and Lobelia x speciosa "Fan Scarlet"....................


Beschorneria yuccoids - much hardier than it looks................

 

Thanks chaps. Should have produced a list up-front as I have many of those already Helpful to have photos all collected together.

I also have this list from a book detailing the plants for "a typical Red Border summer scheme" at Hidcot, in case you have any comments?

1 Acer platanoides 'Crimson King'
2 Aconitum 'Spark's Variety'
3 Ajuga reptans 'Atropurpurea'
4 Begonia 'Hatton Castle'
5 Buddleia 'Black Knight GOT
6 Canna indica 'Le Roi Humbert'
7 Cimicifuga racemosa WANT
8 Clematis viticella 'Kermesina'
9 Cordyline austvalispurpurea
10 Cordyline austialispurpuren (narrowleaf form)
11 Corylus maxima 'Purpurea' GOT
12 Cosmos atrosanguineus
13 Cotinus atropurpureus GOT but not in this bed
14 Crocosmia 'Lucifer' GOT
15 Dahlia 'Alva's Doris'
16 Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff' GOT
17 Dahlia 'Bloodstone'
18 Dahlia 'Doris Day'
19 Dahlia 'Grenadier'
20 Dahlia Kochelsee'
21 Dahlia 'Red Diamond'
22 Dahlia 'Red Pygmy'
23 Dahlia 'Yvonne'
24 Delphinium 'Startling'
25 Fuchsia filgens
26 Fuchsia 'Rufus'
27 Geum 'Borisii'
28 Hebe 'Amy'
29 Hemerocallis 'Alan'
30 Hemerocallis fulva 'Kwanso Flore PIeno'
31 Hemerocallis 'Stafford'
32 Heucheva 'Palace Purple' GOT some purple leaved ones
33 Kniphoja uvaria
34 Lilium pardalinum
35 Lobelia cardinalis 'Bees Flame'
36 Lobelia cardinalis 'Cherry Ripe'
37 Lobelia cardinalis 'Queen Victoria' GOT
38 Lobelia cardinalis 'Will Scarlet'
39 Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'
40 Papaver 'Beauty of Livermere'
41 Papaver 'May Queen'
42 Pelargonium 'Generale Championette'
43 Pelargonium 'Henry Jacoby'
44 Penstemon 'Schoenholzeri'
45 Phlox 'Prince of Orange'
46 Phormium tenax
47 Pinus mugo with Clematis 'Viticella Rubra'
48 Polygonum amplexicaule
49 Poterztilla 'Gibson's Scarlet'
50 Prunus cerasifera 'Pissardii'
51 Prunus spinora 'Purpurea'
52 Pulmonaria saccharata
53 Rheum palmatum 'Atrosanguineum'
54 Rosa 'Evelyn Fison'
55 Rosa 'Frensham'
56 Rosa 'Josephine Bruce' (Climbing)
57 Rosa 'Marlena'
58 Rosa moyesii 'Geranium'
59 Rosa 'Orange Triumph'
60 Rosa 'Super Star'
61 Salvia elegans
62 Salvia fulgens
63 Salvia microphylla neurepia
64 Salvia officinalis atropurpurea
65 Verbena 'Huntsman'
66 Verbena 'Lawrence Johnston'
67 Viola labradorica
we were thinking of some purple-leaf plants too, and have several Sambucus Black lace & Black Beauty in the bed at present.
I was wondering about planting a couple of Copper Beech and growing them into topiary cylinders?

 

Yes, I'm "stooling" mine like that. The Continus too. Both seem to take to that (and I had a Sambucus in a previous garden which was fantastic, grew quickly, I never cut it back, and it died after relatively few years - so hopefully stooling will prolong the Sambucus's life too.

 

I bought a cimicfuga yesterday, very dark foliage, like a sambucus with bottle brush pink flowers rather than white. Might go better that the white flower version.

G

 

Now that's I've gone and looked it up it was on my wants list, but I didn't know there was a purple leaf form. Apparently Actaea simplex Atropurpurea Group and there is one called 'Brunette which I expect I could fancy

From RHS Site