Reds

From Plant Life: Growing a Garden in the Pacific Northwest by Valerie Easton.

winter reds

• bergenia - broad leaves have reddish tinge
• pieris and photinia - new foliage is bright scarlet
• camellia japonica 'Glen 40' - double flowers of strong, clear red
• C. sasanqua 'yuletide' - rich, red blossoms w/yeloow stamens
• erysimum cheiri 'carmine king' and 'vulcan' (wallflowers) - bloom early in bronze and crimson
• early red tulips - 'red wing' 'prominence' 'red shine'
• poppy 'beauty of livermere' - blood-red
• red peonis
• cool effect to pair reds with "silvers of summer - artemisia, lamb's ears, curry plant, and senecio"

summer reds
darker maroon or wine tones:

• c. atrosanguineus - chocolate cosmos
• knautia macedonica - little button flowers, 6-8 weeks bloom time
• dahlia 'bishop of llandaff'

numerous small blossoms can create a "haze" of color

• potentilla 'gibson's scarlet'
• crocosmia 'lucifer'

all out color:

• dahlias 'summer night' 'arabian night'
• red cannas
• red snapdragons
• red roses 'dusky maiden' 'mr. lincoln'
• red rugosas - shrubby