Flower color
Orange flowers
205 garden plants with orange blooms, with bloom times, hardiness zones, and sun needs. Build a orange color scheme that lasts across the season.
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Orange is the color gardeners say they do not want and then cannot do without. It fights pink, because both carry red at different temperatures and neither will yield; it sings against blue, which sits opposite it on the wheel, and against the bronze and copper of late foliage. It is a late color by temperament: most of the 205 plants below are at their best from midsummer on, when a border wants heat rather than freshness. Use it in blocks. Single orange flowers scattered through a soft scheme read as mistakes, while a drift of them reads as a decision. The orange flowers guide works through the pairings.
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African Marigold
Tagetes erecta
Full sun2 ftModerate1.3 ft wide
Agastache 'Apricot Sprite'
Agastache 'Apricot Sprite'
Full sunZones 6–111.6 ftLow
Aloe
Aloe
Full sunZones 9–111.3 ftLow
Amber Jubilee
Physocarpus opulifolius 'Jefam'
Full sunZones 2–75.9 ftModerate
Apricot Beauty
Tulipa 'Apricot Beauty'
Full sunZones 3–81.3 ftModerate
Apricot Calendula
Calendula officinalis
Full sun1.6 ftModerate1.3 ft wide
Apricot Lisianthus
Eustoma grandiflorum
Full sunZones 8–111.6 ftModerate
Apricot Marguerite Daisy
Argyranthemum
Full sunZones 9–111.6 ftModerate
Apricot Ranunculus
Ranunculus asiaticus
Full sunZones 8–101.3 ftModerate
Apricot Sparkles
Hemerocallis 'Apricot Sparkles'
Full sunZones 3–91.3 ftModerate
Apricot Statice
Limonium sinuatum
Full sunZones 8–111.6 ftLow
Apricot Strawflower
Xerochrysum bracteatum
Full sunZones 8–112 ftLow
Apricot Sweet Alyssum
Lobularia 'Apricot'
Full sun5 inModerate1.3 ft wide
Apricot Tuberous Begonia
Begonia × tuberhybrida
Part shadeZones 9–1112 inModerate
Apricot Vinca
Catharanthus roseus
Full sun12 inLow12 in wide
Asiatic Lily
Lilium
Full sunZones 3–83.3 ftModerate
Autumn Beauty
Helianthus annuus 'Autumn Beauty'
Full sun5.9 ftModerate1.6 ft wide
Autumn Colors
Rudbeckia hirta 'Autumn Colors'
Full sunZones 3–72 ftLow
Ballerina
Tulipa 'Ballerina'
Full sunZones 3–81.8 ftModerate
Bathsheba Rose
Rosa 'Auschimbley'
Full sunZones 5–113.9 ftModerate
Bengal Tiger
Canna 'Bengal Tiger'
Full sunZones 7–105.9 ftHigh
Big Sky Sunset Coneflower
Echinacea 'Sunset'
Full sunZones 3–93.9 ftLow
Black-Eyed Susan Vine
Thunbergia alata
Full sunZones 10–118.2 ftModerate
Blanket Flower
Gaillardia
Full sunZones 3–101.6 ftLow
Blushing Susie
Thunbergia alata 'Blushing Susie'
Full sunZones 10–118.2 ftModerate
Bombay Orange
Celosia cristata 'Bombay Orange'
Full sun2 ftModerate1.3 ft wide
Bonfire
Begonia boliviensis 'Bonfire'
Part shade1.3 ftModerate1.6 ft wide
Bright Lights
Cosmos sulphureus 'Bright Lights'
Full sun3 ftLow1.3 ft wide
Bronze Gazania
Gazania rigens
Full sunZones 9–1110 inLow
Bronze Mum
Chrysanthemum 'Bronze'
Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate
Bronze Snapdragon
Antirrhinum 'Bronze'
Full sun2.3 ftModerate12 in wide
Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa
Full sunZones 3–92 ftLow
Calendula
Calendula
Full sun1.6 ftModerate1.3 ft wide
Calibrachoa
Calibrachoa
Full sunZones 9–118 inModerate
California Poppy
Eschscholzia
Full sunZones 6–1012 inLow
FoliageCampfire
Coleus 'Campfire'
Part shadeZones 10–111.6 ftModerate
FoliageCaramel
Heuchera 'Caramel'
Part shadeZones 4–91.1 ftModerate
Cheyenne Spirit
Echinacea 'Cheyenne Spirit'
Full sunZones 4–92 ftLow
Common Orange Daylily
Hemerocallis fulva
Full sunZones 3–93.3 ftLow
Coppertina
Physocarpus opulifolius 'Mindia'
Full sunZones 3–78.2 ftModerate
Coral Charm
Paeonia 'Coral Charm'
Full sunZones 3–83.3 ftModerate
Coral Geranium
Pelargonium 'Coral'
Full sun1.3 ftModerate1.3 ft wide
Coral Gerbera
Gerbera jamesonii
Full sunZones 8–1112 inModerate
Coral Mum
Chrysanthemum 'Coral'
Full sunZones 5–92 ftModerate
Coral Petunia
Petunia 'Coral'
Full sun12 inModerate1.3 ft wide
Coral Sunset
Paeonia 'Coral Sunset'
Full sunZones 3–83 ftModerate
Coral Tropical Hibiscus
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Full sunZones 9–114.9 ftModerate
Coral Vinca
Catharanthus roseus
Full sun12 inLow12 in wide
Coral Zinnia
Zinnia elegans 'Coral'
Full sun2.3 ftModerate12 in wide
Crown Imperial
Fritillaria imperialis
Full sunZones 5–83 ftModerate
Crown Princess Margareta
Rosa 'Auswinter'
Full sunZones 5–109.8 ftModerate
David Howard
Dahlia 'David Howard'
Full sunZones 8–103 ftHigh
Daylily
Hemerocallis
Full sunZones 3–92.6 ftModerate
Dolly Parton
Rosa 'Dolly Parton'
Full sunZones 6–104.6 ftModerate
Durban
Canna 'Durban'
Full sunZones 7–104.9 ftHigh
Emily McKenzie
Crocosmia 'Emily McKenzie'
Full sunZones 6–92 ftModerate
Feather Reed Grass
Calamagrostis × acutiflora
Full sunZones 4–94.9 ftModerate
Fiesta
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Fiesta'
Full sunZones 9–114.9 ftModerate
FoliageFire Chief
Thuja occidentalis 'Fire Chief'
Full sunZones 5–83.9 ftModerate
Fireball
Rhododendron 'Fireball'
Part shadeZones 5–84.9 ftModerate
Orange flowers by season
A plant is counted in every season it flowers in, so a long-flowering one appears in more than one. The named picks are the plants whose whole flowering sits in that season, not the ones that only pass through it.
Spring
March, April and May
89 plants
Summer
June, July and August
166 plants
Fall
September, October and November
142 plants
Orange flowers for shade
28 of these 205 plants will flower in less than a full day of sun.
The longest-blooming orange flowers
76 of these plants hold their flowers for 5 months or more. These are the longest of them.
Orange flowers by height
Mature height, in the three bands a border is planted in. Anything over 9.8 ft is structure rather than a border plant, and a climber is sized by whatever it is growing up, so both sit this out.
Front of the border
under 12 in
14 plants
Middle of the border
12 in to 3 ft
125 plants
Back of the border
3 ft and up
57 plants
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Design your garden
Drop plants onto a 3D plan, see how they fill in, and watch the whole garden bloom across the year.