Peach or Apricot Colored Flowers

Does anyone have any ideas for peach and apricot colored flowers, especially perennials, hardy in zones 4-5?

Cannas are now coming in those colors. Roses come to mind, as well as daylilies. Probably a lot of others I can't think of offhand.

Some of the new verbascums fit the bill. I think daylilies give you the best variety of shades and are hardy. TBIris-"Beverly Sills" is a lovely peach and I know there are other varieties of the bearded iris. Potentilla-Mrs Bradshaw might be a little blossom plant you might enjoy. It growns well for me in zone 5.

How about the Apricot foxgloves? They are biennials.

Donna

Hope these ideas help. I love peach- and apricot-colored flowers!

Diascia 'Flying Colors Coral.' I've also seen other coral or coral-pink diascias in various nurseries. Sorry, but I don't recall their names. I hope these would survive your winters; catalog says it's for Zones 8-10 but also says "does well in any climate." Not sure if it'll take your climate!

Chrysanthemum Hillside 'Sheffield Pink.' Zones 4-9. The pink is an apricot pink.

As SoCal suggested, the apricot foxgloves (Zones 4-8) would be great; they're absolutely gorgeous. Another biennial is Hollyhock 'Peaches and Dreams.' Zones 3-10.

Oriental Poppy 'Princess Victoria Louise.' Salmon. Zones 3-9.

Oriental Poppy 'Coral Reef.' Zones 2-7. Peachy coral.

Achillea 'Terra Cotta.' Starts out med peach and deepens to burnt orange. Zones 3-9.

Some Astilbes have peach-colored plumes. Zones 4-8. The one called Sprite looks fairly peachy in the photos I've seen.

Dianthus 'Doris' and 'Helen' are both salmon pink. Zones 3-8.

I've noticed that lots of daylilies (zones 3-9) are labeled or named as pink, but to me they always look apricot/light orange/coral/peach in person.

Heuchera 'Amber Waves' is both rose and salmon (sounds weird but they're beautiful; I have a peach/apricot/coral collection of plants and these heucheras really look nice with them, as do a lot of small grasses with orange/red-brown tones). Zones 3-8.

Polemonium 'Apricot Delight.' Zones 4-9. Apricot/pink flowers.

Someone above mentioned verbascums. A good one is 'Southern Charm' -- it has a mix of colors, including peach and coral tones. Very pretty. Zones 6-9 (not sure if that will work for you if Z6 is as low as it goes).

One final one - Sedums (Autumn Joy in particular). It's always described as rose but has a lot of dark peach tones in it; ages to brick red. Zones 3-10.

I have a lovely peach colored bearded iris...it has no name, as I transplanted it from an old homeplace...(although it actually has a more modern shape and appearance) It's really pretty with my white ones in the same bed.

Purple Emperor Sedum has dark purple leaveas and peach flowers.

Would you consider an apricot Quince?

I bought one from Bluestone Perennials this spring, and
can't wait to see it bloom.

:-)

CHAENOMELES Cameo (Cydonia) Flowering Quince Tall 4-5' - Plant 3' apart. zone 4-8 Double soft peach flowers in spring on rounded bushes. Cut budded branches to bring inside in early spring for a beautiful bouquet. Easy and reliable to grow. Deer resistant.

Verbascum (mullein) would be my pick. It's such a cottage garden look, and very hardy in zone 5. Try it!

I heartily second the Diascia!!! I fell in love with this plant roaming through nurseries last week. It's an annual for you and me both, but I plan on using it in containers to spill over the sides. My favorite is a soft apricot color. I'm developing a big love affair with apricot and peach this year, too. How funny.

I already lined up the apricot cannas from a neighbor (she doesn't know the cultivar name), and I have a Gaillardia 'Summer's Kiss' that I planted last year. This will be it's first blooming year in the garden. Those are perennial, but have a reputation for being a bit tempermental. Nice flowers, though. The common name is Blanket Flower.

Happy Coloring!

Jacci