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Lonicera

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Common Name: 'Mandarin'
Bloom Season: Spring to Summer
Bloom Color: Orange with Yellow
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 150"
Description:

Deciduous vine. Fast growing: up to six feet per year. Foliage begins a deep coppery color turning to a lush green.


Garden Notes: This variety sent as a substitute for another that I had ordered. One source says this variety needs neutral or acidic soil.

Asclepias tuberosa

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Common Name: Butterfly Weed 'Wild Orange Type'
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Orange
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 28"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:

Rise every year from taproot (MARK PLANTING SPOT), long lived. Bright orange flowers a favorite for butterflies.


Garden Notes: Great for butterflies. Long bloom season. Monarchs feed on leaves.

Asclepias tuberosa

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Common Name: Butterfly Weed 'Hello Yellow'
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Orange
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 24"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:

Rise every year from taproot (MARK PLANTING SPOT), long lived. Yellow flowers a favorite for butterflies.


Garden Notes: Great for butterflies. Long bloom season. Monarchs feed on leaves.

Asclepias tuberosa

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Common Name: Butterfly Weed 'Gay Butterflies'
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Orange
Water Needs: Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 28"
Mature Width: 18"
Description:

Rise every year from taproot (MARK PLANTING SPOT), long lived. Yellow, orange or red flowers a favorite for butterflies.


Garden Notes: Great for butterflies. Long bloom season. Monarchs feed on leaves.

Anisacanthus quadrifidus v. wrightii

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Common Name: Flame Acanthus
Bloom Season: Summer to Early Fall
Bloom Color: Orange/Yellow
Water Needs: Little Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 36"
Mature Width: 30"
Description:

Bright orange tubular flowers, long mid summer to fall bloom. Drought tolerant. Dies back in winter, cut back to ground in spring.


Garden Notes: Great plant! Starts blooming end of July till cooler days of fall. Hummingbirds love it and butterflies feed on nectar as well. Throws seed several feet to get new plants, not hard to remove.

Althea ficifolia

Common Name: Antwerp Hollyhock
Bloom Season: Summer
Bloom Color: Mix
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun

Mature Height: 40"
Mature Width: 24"
Description:

Mix of colors not usually found in single Althea rosea var.-. Coppery orange, Gold, Bright Rose, Etc. Rust tolerant to degree not found in other hollyhocks.


Zauschneria arizonica

Common Name: Hummingbird Trumpet
Bloom Season: Late Summer
Bloom Color: Orange
Water Needs: Little Water Moderate Water

Ideal Sun Conditions: Full Sun Part-Shade

Mature Height: 36"
Mature Width: 24"
Description:

Thrives in hot sun, well drained soil. May spread by rhiizomes