Red Plants

dukeofdoom · Post by **dukeofdoom** » Sat Jan 19, 2013 5:00 pm

It seems like pops of red color give a very tropical look. One of my favorite tropical gardens has lots of red ginger plants, red hibiscus plants, and palms with red stems.
Obviously, I can't grow these in my zone easily.

So just curious, what red plants do you make use of in your gardens that have red leaves, stems or flowers?
That you like!

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Sat Jan 19, 2013 5:18 pm

If it survived being outside in a pot (-12C) and leafing out inside for a month or 2, my Jap maple "Dragon red"

dukeofdoom · Post by **dukeofdoom** » Sat Jan 19, 2013 5:28 pm

Wow that's a nice maple! I have red maple but does not look like that.

i have the following plants right now.

red flowers

- red trumpet vines (radicans) ... I want to train into trees haha like this: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/258953/#b
- honeysuckle
- camellia japonica
- roses
- rhododendrons
- hibiscus (in pots)
- one red Lilly

red leaves

- chocolate mimosa (red leaves and red flowers)
- red maple
- sambuca negra
- canna (peach flowers)

stems
* don't have anything was thinking about red beets or chard.

I also tried red hot poker, but it did not sprout from seed.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat Jan 19, 2013 6:20 pm

this Illicium (broad leaf evergreen) is hardy in my area (USDA z6b). The plant is nearly 8 feet tall now.....gets bigger too. I had it since 2004 as a small cutting............it self seeds here too!

The plant itself smells great........and it blooms 2x per season!!

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dukeofdoom · Post by **dukeofdoom** » Sat Jan 19, 2013 6:28 pm

Wow Thanks, I've never heard of Illicium before.

It has a very hot tropical red color and I prefer broad leaf ever green plants.

TimMAz6 · Post by **TimMAz6** » Sat Jan 19, 2013 6:58 pm

a few more photos...........I have a white flowered Illicium too. They also come in other colors.

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The two Illiciums are on each side of the trunked Yucca gloriosa.......that's a 6 foot tall fence behind them.
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This is how small they were when I planted them in 2004. They grow FAST.
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canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 3:37 am

Also passiflora coccinea

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/1558/#b

There is also a nice red salvia called "purple volcano". Its so dark red its purple almost

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 8:56 am

Heres a nice reddish plant

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How about a banana with nice red leaves

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Poppies?

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Cordyline

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Siam Ruby banana

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Closeup of a young/fresh New Zealand purple Castor bean leaf.....

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Or some Castor beans like the reddish ones in front

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lucky1 · Post by **lucky1** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:01 am

Wow, great beauties pictured, folks!

Although Jim's already shown his red Cordyline, here are my 3, showing how fast they get to some size for quick effect:

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Four months later:

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Don't ask what happened to the red Celosia

And Weigelia (red leaf form) is a nice shrub.

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Barb

canadianplant · Post by **canadianplant** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 1:21 pm

Ive got one of those barb. I think its called "wine and roses". Hardy as hell, and the bees love it.

dukeofdoom · Post by **dukeofdoom** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 2:16 pm

Great red plants everyone! Thanks.

I actually have the weigela in my garden too and like a lot. It blooms twice during the year and has very nice tropical looking flowers.
The red castor bean plants get huge here too and over winters without protection. I don't have any, but will try to get some this year. The red color of the beans is striking.

Has anyone tried growing any of the red ginger plants, regular or the spiral or beehive varieties?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/47374254@N00/261442189/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jungle_mama/5815584630/

http://www.impactplants.com.au/plant-of ... pectabile/

or

The red bird of paradise (bush):

It has amazing red/yellow flowers. I've seen this one this summer in one of our parks, it was cut down in the fall.
I'm curious if it will come back from roots.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31714338@N07/7397695004/
http://suite101.com/article/summer-flow ... nt-a143325

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 7:12 pm

[quote="dukeofdoom" The red castor bean plants get huge here too and over winters without protection. I don't have any, but will try to get some this year. [/quote]

Are you sure? I don't think if it is possible nowhere nor in the States neither in Canada except of the south of Florida and the coastal California.

dukeofdoom · Post by **dukeofdoom** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 11:25 pm

Is there a less hardy variety? I've seen castor bean plants in peoples yards and in a park here for a few years now. I took seeds from one last year but never planted it.

I'm not sure if the castor bean plants come back or people replant them. Maybe they are root hardy here, or reseed. They seem to like the conditions. Its extremely hot and humid in the summer and we have very long fall, longest in Canada. I've seen these grow to at least 8 ft and maybe upto 12 feet. I've seen a neighbour chopped them down after the first real frost. They where growing along the side of his house.

I've also seen one Rose of Sharon bush grow to almost the height of a two story house, where as in Toronto I've seen them grow well, but much smaller.
I'll take pictures in the summer.

seedscanada · Post by **seedscanada** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 5:59 am

Duke, they're replanting the castors.

Paul Ont · Post by **Paul Ont** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:44 am

Echinocereus triglochidiatus is my fave red flower, hardy into zone 4.

Some Rhodos have stunning red flowers and stems.

igor.glukhovtsev · Post by **igor.glukhovtsev** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 7:52 am

seedscanada wrote:Duke, they're replanting the castors.

dukeofdoom · Post by **dukeofdoom** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 10:34 am

If that's the case, I'm really surprised that they can grow that tall from seed in a single season. I did not see these being sold in pots anywhere in stores here.

hardyjim · Post by **hardyjim** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 3:26 pm

dukeofdoom wrote:If that's the case, I'm really surprised that they can grow that tall from seed in a single season. I did not see these being sold in pots anywhere in stores here.

The big ones in my last picture grew that big during the summer,I forget how tall they were now...maybe 15' +?

dukeofdoom · Post by **dukeofdoom** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:04 pm

hardyjim,

I'm amazed that they can grow so fast! Your garden looks great

KrisK · Post by **KrisK** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:22 pm

Everybody has had good suggestions for "red" plants. I'd like to add the hardy hibiscus, namely Texas Red Star and Lord Baltimore. I have both and love them, and they are hardy down to zone 5-6 I believe. They do need staking each new growing season and thrive on heat + water but wow instant tropical look!

Those are lady and lord baltimore and ol yella. Must not have a pic of texas red star. They die to the ground and get that big every year.

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 5:47 pm

dukeofdoom wrote:hardyjim,

I'm amazed that they can grow so fast! Your garden looks great

I agree!

DesertZone · Post by **DesertZone** » Tue Jan 22, 2013 5:59 pm