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Totally Tangerine Avens
Geum 'Totally Tangerine'
Also called tim's tangerine and totally tangerine geum
Totally Tangerine Avens blooms from May through July.
Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.
Growing Totally Tangerine Avens
Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 5–7. Expect it to reach about 2.5 ft tall and 1.5 ft wide at maturity, in roughly 2 years (a house reading).
No toxicity note is on file for Totally Tangerine Avens. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.
What was checked
Mature height and spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color and the trait tags were checked against named botanical sources for this plant, with what the sources could not settle written down; years to mature size rests on a recorded house rule where no publisher states one, and is marked so; its common name and alternate names have not been checked yet. Each fact above carries its own mark. The planting, spacing and size sections are derived from these checked facts by a fixed rule, not checked separately, and the plant type is the library's own classification.
When to plant Totally Tangerine Avens
Plant Totally Tangerine Avens in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 6, the middle of its hardy zones 5 to 7, spring means March to May and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from May to July.
Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 6, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 6 in March. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.
How big does Totally Tangerine Avens get?
2.5 fttall5 ft 7 inan adult1.5 ftwideSee Totally Tangerine Avens in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.
How far apart to plant Totally Tangerine Avens
Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.
Space Totally Tangerine Avens about 1.5 ft apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.
Add Totally Tangerine Avens to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.
Where these facts come from
Totally Tangerine Avens' height, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases, pests and toxicity were checked against 9 published sources on September 23, 2026. Each one is linked below with every fact it carried, which can include a fact this page still marks as not yet checked, because a source carrying a value is not the same as the value being held to the standard. Facts not in that list, and the planting, spacing and size sections, are not covered by these sources.
- Chicago Botanic GardenA Comparative Evaluation Study of Geum spp.height, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- Missouri Botanical GardenPlant Finderheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil, diseases and pests
- RHSRoyal Horticultural Societyheight, spread, sun, water, bloom months and color, trait tags, soil, diseases and pests
- Plant Addictsheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil and diseases
- US plant patent (Google Patents)US Plant Patent PP22,041 (Google Patents), inventor Timothy Crowtherheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil and diseases
- Walters Gardensthe Proven Winners perennial growerheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water, bloom months and color, soil and pests
- Proven Winnersheight, spread, hardiness zones, sun, water and bloom months and color
- planthaven.comPlantHaven International (the introducer and patent assignee)height, spread, hardiness zones and bloom months and color
- Plant AddictsAre Avens Poisonous?, a genus articlepests and toxicity
How the checking works, and what each standard covers, is on the verified plants page.
3 more colors in the Avens group
Same genus, similar care - pick the one you are growing.
Compare every color in the Avens group
Every figure is the color's own page fact. Tap a name to open it.
| Name | Color | Blooms | Hardiness | Sun | Size (H × W) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mai Tai | Orange | May–Jun | Zones 5–7 | Full sun | 24 in × 24 in |
| Mrs. Bradshaw | Red | May–Jun | Zones 5–7 | Full sun | 24 in × 16 in |
| Prairie Smoke | Pink | May–Jul | Zones 3–7 | Full sun | 16 in × 8 in |
| Totally Tangerinethis page | Orange | May–Jul | Zones 5–7 | Full sun | 2.5 ft × 1.5 ft |
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