Dashing and bright, orange inspires joy and energy! Powerful, orange brings cheerfulness to the garden, so don't hesitate to invite it into your home.
An orange garden
In the garden, orange can be used in profusion, but beware of the errors of taste that can happen very quickly in the presence of such a strong color. If you decide to create an orange garden, focus only on this color and its close shades. Use warm color combinations in beds and flowerbeds.
Black, mauve, blue or white can be combined with orange in small touches to create contrast, but forget pink or certain reds that will clash with orange.
Which plants to create an orange garden?
If you've decided to invite this bright and dashing color into your garden, there are many plants available to create a dream setting.
Orange seems to be a summer color, but consider Cornus sanguinea 'Winter Flame' for a blazing winter even under the snow! Its stems bring a touch of vibrancy and verticality to the garden in this dreary season. At the end of winter, the flowers of the Japanese quince take over.
From spring onwards, the rose beds will blossom, with the incredible 'Louis de Funès', or the more discreet 'Chacok' but also with 'Grace' which will bring a note of softness and its unique perfume. In your flowerbeds or as an isolated subject, think of the tree peony 'Kinkaku' whose 20 cm diameter flowers offer a beautiful gradation.
As for irises, always ideal for borders or to stabilize an embankment, you have the choice between 'Voleur de feu', 'Viva Mexico', or 'Orange Juice' to name only the most famous.
To create an easy to maintain bed or island in the garden, consider daylilies. The varieties 'Eole', 'Mambo Maid' or 'Theia' will soon form large clumps.
Introduce 'Feuerland' yarrow into your flower beds. Its color changes through all shades of orange. Sow dwarf nasturtiums at its foot and plant bulbs of Ixia dubia, or a few plants of Bidens 'Hawaiian Orange Yellow Brush' in the border. Also consider the various varieties of marigolds which, if well chosen, can provide blooms from April to November. For our orange garden, 'Esterel' with double flowers, 'Baby orange' or 'Calypso' will be welcome.
Don't forget the crocosmias that always blaze during long months and of course the spectacular dahlias such as 'Moonlight Sonata' or 'Orange Turmoil' that grace the garden in summer.
Create fiery meadows with the vibrantly colored escholtzias associated with the cosmos 'Cosmic Orange' which will give a wild touch to your garden.
To dress up trellises and pergolas, think of the bignone, but also of the climbing nasturtiums, the 'Christopher Columbus' rose and the less known coral liana (Pyrostegia venusta).
