Regional Picks: Hot-Colored Plants – Northwest

1. ‘Firefly’ Heather

Name:Calluna vulgaris‘Firefly’

USDA hardiness zones:4 to 7

Size:18 column inch tall and wide

Conditions : Full sunlight ; well - drain soil

This sweet little evergreen has a low - grow , rounded , shrubby wont . Yes , it flower , but pay small to tending to that . The magical exchange colour of the foliage are what make this a mantrap in the garden . The saltation and summer foliage is a blend of lemon lime hydrate , with pallid purple flush in former summer . When the conditions get chilly in nightfall , the foliage flame to an orange that slowly turn to a deep redness in wintertime . habituate ‘ Firefly ’ heather in meadowlike group to create a swath of drama , or insert it in with perennial to add year - turn interest .

2. ‘Center Glow’ Ninebark

Name:Physocarpus opulifolius‘Center Glow’

Zones:3 to 7

Size:6 to 8 feet tall and wide of the mark

experimental condition : Full sun to partial shade ( for best colour , plant in full sunshine ) ; moist , well - drained soil

Just as its name suggests , the foliage of this prominent shrub seems to shine . Golden , coppery color pool in the center of new leaf , deepening to burgundy from the edge inward as the leaves mature . If you plant ‘ Center Glow ’ ninebark where it can be left to acquire to its informal , vaselike shape , then no heavy pruning will be involve . The drama of dark foliage designate off a planting scheme well , and this attractive ninebark hit an first-class deeply colour backcloth in mixed - color borders . This industrial plant is deciduous , so the interesting peeling bark that gives this plant its common name is revealed in the wintertime months .

3. ‘Stoplight’ Heucherella

Name:×Heucherella‘Stoplight’

Zones:4 to 9

Size:8 to 10 inch grandiloquent and broad

term : fond shadiness ( protect from hot sunlight ) ; consistently moist , well - drain soil

Do n’t you love the names of some industrial plant ? Whoever named this one contract it right : Its burnished colour make you intercept when you see it . pea green is “ in , ” and this plant is intense with it . A blood crimson splodge in the plaza of the leaves gives ‘ brake light ’ heucherella fiber and definition , and it stops it from becoming just another fuzz of lime - emblazon leave of absence . This is a favourite for economic consumption in summer containers ; try it with richly contrast plants , like the deep imperial blooms of heliotrope ( Heliotropium arborescensand cvs . , yearly ) or with black mondo Gunter Wilhelm Grass ( Ophiopogon planiscapus‘Nigrescens ’ , Zones 6–11 ) . In other summer , white “ bubbly ” flowers exquisitely float on 16 - in - retentive stems .

4. ‘Nicolas’ Japanese Forest Grass

Name:Hakonechloa macra‘Nicolas’

Zones:5 to 9

sizing : Up to 18 inch tall and extensive

Conditions : Partial shade ; loose , robust land with even moisture

engraft Nipponese forest pasture is like run a burnished highlighter across the ground . This foliage powerhouse is an easy , elegant ground cover . Use it to soften the edge of and light the way along shadowy pathways . What make the cultivar ‘ Nicholas ’ remain firm out from other varieties of Japanese forest grass is the color change of its foliage . The foliage is a unaccented , lucent green all summer , but in nerveless weather , the leaves look as if they ’ve been dipped in orange and cherry .

Sue Goetz is founder and owner of Creative Gardener in Tacoma , Washington , where she offers garden design , coaching , and workshops .

Photos : # 1 and # 2 , Doreen Wynja;#3 and # 4 , millettephotomedia.com

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