red flowers

  • close up of deep red peony flowers
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    Red in the Garden

    Red is an attention-grabbing color in the garden. Bold, loud, and bright. And it plays well with other colors as well – pair it with orange and yellow for a…

  • hot colored plants
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    Hot-Colored Plants Are Perfect for Adding Warmth to Your Garden

    If you are looking to add more interest and color to the garden, hot-colored plants are the way to go. In summertime, these plants help bring the sunshine in with…

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    Stop for Red

    Today we’re going to indulge in a little fun with color by celebrating the color red! Nothing is quite as eye-catching and dramatic as red, scarlet, and crimson in the…

  • Four varieties of coreopsis
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    Coreopsis You Can Count On!

    A while back—27 years, to be exact—the Chicago Botanic Garden created a garden solely to compare perennials, and coreopsis was one of the inaugural trials. We tested mostly seed-grown cultivars of…

  • green lawn, colorful plants and red Adirondack chairs overlooking a vista with blue sky
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    How to Use Red in the Garden

    You can’t help but look at the chairs. Placed off to the side of the lawn so that they don’t hog all the space, the chairs are a focal point,…