Photo by Tom Deacon
Top Colour Wheel Plantings
Tom Deacon's favourite plants in his colour wheel garden include:
##Yellow##
**Early-blooming**: *Iris sibirica* ‘Butter & Sugar’; *Thermopsis lanceolata*. **Mid:** *Achillea filipendulina* ‘Coronation Gold’; *Alchemilla mollis*; *Anthemis tinctoria* ‘Kelwayi’; *Coreopsis* ‘Crème Brulée’; *Digitalis ferruginea*; *Eremerus stenophyllus*; *Hemerocallis* ‘Black-Eyed Stella’; *Lysimachia punctata* ‘Golden Alexander’; *Oenothera tetragona* ‘W. Cuthbertson’. **Late:** *Helianthus salicifolius* ‘First Light’; *Rudbeckia maxima*.
##Orange##
**Mid:** *Agastache rupestris*; *Alstroemeria* ‘Sweet Laura’; *Asclepias tuberosa*; *Belamcanda chinensis*; *Digitalis parviflora*; *Kniphofia* ‘Shining Sceptre’. **Late:** *Echinacea* ‘Big Sky’ series; *Helenium autumnale*.
##Red##
**Early:** *Allium christophii*; *Iris sibirica* ‘Lady Vanessa’; *Papaver orientale* ‘Beauty of Livermore’. **Mid:** *Achillea millefolium* ‘Fire King’; *Astilbe x arendsii* ‘Glut’; *A. chinensis* ‘Vision in Red’; *Astrantia major* ‘Ruby Wedding’; *Crocosmia* ‘Lucifer’; *Geum coccineum* ‘Borisii’; *Hemerocallis* ‘Sweet Hot Chocolate’ and ‘Pardon Me’;
*Lychnis x arkwrightii*. **Late:** *Sedum ‘Bertram Anderson’*.
##Blue/Purple##
**Early:** *Amsonia tabernaemontana var. salicifolia*; *Iris sibirica* ‘Ruffled Velvet’; *Papaver orientale* ‘Patty’s Plum’. **Mid:** *Allium sphaerocephalon*; *Campanula glomerata* ‘Purple Pixie’; *C. persicifolia*; *Centaurea montana*; *Delphinium* ‘Black Knight’; *Dianthus barbatus var. nigrescens*; *Eryngium amethystinum*; *Geranium* ‘Hocus Pocus’; *G. ‘Rozanne’*; *Nepeta ‘Six Hills Giant’*; *Platycodon grandiflorus*; *Thalictrum delavayi*; *Tradescantia* ‘Concord Grape’; *Veronica longifolia* ‘Eveline’; *V. spicata
ssp. incana*. **Late:** *Aconitum henryi* ‘Spark’s Variety’; *Aster x frikartii* ‘Monch’; *Geranium wlassovianum*; *Veronicastrum virginicum* ‘Fascination’.
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