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 Plant list: Red plants
Hot colours always catch the eye and make objects feel closer.
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| Latin name: | | Rosa 'Dublin Bay' |
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| Common name: | | Rose |
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| Type of plant: | | Climber |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Bright crimson red |
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| Leaf colour: | | Glossy dark green |
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| Height and spread: | | 2.2m x 2.2m (7ft x 7ft) |
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A shrubby, dense climber that produces clusters of double, cup-shaped blooms up to 10cm (4in) across. Does best in a sunny spot, and can be pruned to grow like a shrub.
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| Latin name: | | Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff' |
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| Common name: | | Dahlia |
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| Type of plant: | | Tuber |
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| Hardiness: | | Tender |
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| Flower colour: | | Dark red |
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| Leaf colour: | | Bronze-green |
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| Height and spread: | | 1m x 45cm (3ft x 1.5ft) |
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One of the most popular of all dahlias, producing a striking, single red flower up to 8cm (3in) across. Makes a fantastic splash in a border or bedding display. Prefers full sun
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| Latin name: | | Penstemon ‘Garnet’ |
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| Common name: | | Penstemon |
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| Type of plant: | | Perennial |
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| Hardiness: | | Frost-hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Deep wine red |
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| Leaf colour: | | Fresh green |
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| Height and spread: | | 60cm to 75cm x 60cm (2ft to 2.5ft x 2ft) |
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A vigorous semi-evergreen bushy plant that produces a mass of bell-shaped flowers on a tall spike. Prefers sun and fertile, well-drained soil.
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| Latin name: | | Cornus alba‘Sibirica’ |
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| Common name: | | Red-barked dogwood |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Creamy white |
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| Leaf colour: | | Dark green |
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| Height and spread: | | 3m x 3m (10ft x 10ft) |
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A deciduous, vigorous upright shrub whose young shoots are bright red. The oval leaves often turn red in autumn, and after the flattened heads of flowers blossom, white fruit appear.
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| Latin name: | | Escallonia 'Langleyensis’ |
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| Common name: | | Escallonia |
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| Type of plant: | | Shrub |
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| Hardiness: | | Frost-hardy |
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| Flower colour: | | Rose red |
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| Leaf colour: | | Glossy bright green |
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| Height and spread: | | 8m x 10m (27ft x 33ft) |
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An arching evergreen shrub with small leaves. Masses of flowers are born along the length of the stems. Good in a coastal location, prefers full sun and well-drained soil.
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