I want to do a small garden in Harley Davidson colors...any suggestions for flowers???

Okay, here are a few plants for you. Keep in mind that you can also add plants with these foliage colors too. That gives the garden another dimension.





There are a lot of plants you can use. So, use this as a guide (as I'm sure I've forgotten many) and happy hunting!





BLACK


Aquilegia ‘Black Barlow’, ‘William Guinness’ (columbine)


Tulipa ‘Queen of Night’ (tulip)


Alcea rosea ‘Nigra’, ‘Black Beauty’, ‘Night Watchman’ (hollyhock)


Iris ‘Study in Black’, ‘Hello Darkness’, ‘Paint it Black’, ‘Superstition’, I. chrysographes


Clematis ‘Romantika’


Dahlia ‘Arabian Night’


Dianthus barbatus nigrescens ‘Tuxedo Black’, 'King of Black'


Hemerocallis ‘Starling’ (daylily)


Nemophila menziesii ‘Pennie Black’


Scabiosa atropurpurea ‘Ace of Spades’, ‘Black Mourning Bride’ (pincushion flower)


Centaurea ‘Black Ball’, ‘Black Boy’ (cornflower)


Helleborus ‘Little Black’, ‘Black Beauty’ (lenten rose)


Viola cornuta ‘Bowles Black’, ‘Molly Anderson’, ‘Black Jack’, 'Black Magic'


Viola wittrockiana ‘Coal Black’, ‘Black Moon’, 'Black Prince', 'Black Star', 'Black and White', 'Black Panther' (pansy)


Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’ (black mondo grass) - for foliage


Colocasia esculenta ‘Black Magic’ (elephant ear) - for foliage)


Ipomoea batatas ‘Blackie’ (sweet potato vine) - for foliage


Phyllostachys nigra ‘Black Bamboo’


Hyacinth ‘Midnight Mystique’


Papaver paeoniflorum ‘Black Peony’ (peony poppy)


Antirrhinum majus ‘Black Prince’ (snapdragon)


Tropaeolum minus ‘Black Nasturtium’, ‘Black Velvet’ (nasturtium)


Phormium ‘Platt’s Black’, ‘Dark Delight’ (New Zealand flax) - for foliage








ORANGE


Calendula officinalis ‘Indian Prince’, ‘Orange King’


Celosia argentea ‘Apricot Brandy’ (c@ckscomb) -don't want it to get sensored


Cuphea ignea (cigar flower)


Cosmos sulfurous ‘Sunny Orange Red’


Gazania ‘Mini-star Tangerine’


Gerbera jamesonii (many)


Impatiens (many)


Lantana ‘Radiation’ (polecat geranium)


Leonotis leonurus (lion’s tail)


Marigold (many)


Tithonia rotundifolia (Mexican sunflower)


Nasturtium tropaeolum (many)


Bracteantha bracteata (strawflower)


Zinnia ‘Orange Profusion’


Erysimum ‘Apricot Twist’ (wallflower)


Narcissus ‘Jetfire’ (daffodil)


Dahlia ‘Arab Queen’


Lilium ‘Enchantment’ (lily)


Asltroemeria aurea (Peruvian lily)


Tulipa ‘Prinses Irene’, ‘Orange Emperor’ (tulip)


Osteospermum ‘Symphony Orange’ (cape daisy)


Geum ‘Borisii’, ‘Georgenburg’ (avens)


Achillea ‘Walther Funcke’, 'Terracotta' (yarrow) and others


Coreopsis auriculata (tickseed)


Echinacea ‘Harvest Moon’, 'Sundown', 'Art's Pride' (coneflower)


Gaillardia ‘Oranges and Lemons’ (blanketflower)


Helenium ‘Mardi Gras’ (Helen’s flower)


Hemerocallis (daylily) many


Phlox paniculata ‘Orange Boy’ (summer phlox)


Rudbeckia hirta (black eyed Susan) many


Calendula


Roses (many)


Pansy ‘Padparadja’


Heuchera ‘Peach Melba’ (and others with coral orange foliage)


Carex buchananii, C. comans ‘Bronze’ (sedge) - for foliage


Asclepias tuberosa (milkweed)


Eschscholzia californica (California poppy)


Papaver rupifragum ‘Tangerine Gem’ (poppy)


Papaver orientalis ‘Coral Reef’ (Orientale poppy)


Phormium ‘Maori Queen’ (New Zealand flax) - for foliage


Lonicera ‘Mandarin’ (ornamental honeysuckle)








WHITE


Chrysanthemum superbum and Leucanthemum (Shasta daisy)-many to choose from


Hemerocallis (daylily)-many to choose from


Nemesia 'Innocence'


Verbena tenuisecta, Verbena peruviana-many to choose from, perennial varieties


Erigeron karvinskianus (Santa Barbara daisy, fleabane)-flowers forever!


Nepeta 'Snowflake' (catmint)


Salvia greggii 'White'


Salvia 'Snow Hill'


Calibrachoa (look like mini petunias)-many to choose from


Centranthus ruber 'Albus' (valerian)


Cerastium tomentosum (snow in summer)


Iberis sempervirens (candytuft)


Dahlia-many to choose from


Dianthus-many to choose from


Gaura lindheimeri (beeblossom)-many to choose from


Helianthemum nummularium 'White' (sunrose)


Iris-many to choose from


Liatris spicata 'Alba' (gayfeather)


Osteospermum (cape daisy)-many to choose from


Petunia-many to choose from


Scabiosa caucasica 'Perfecta Alba' (pincushion flower)


Veronica alpina 'Alba' (speedwell)


Lantana 'Silver Mound' (polecat geranium)


Potentilla fruticosa 'Abbottswood' (cinquefoil)


Viola and pansy (many)


Antirrhinum (snapdragon)


Campanula (bellflower) many


Lantana 'Silver Mound'


Pelargonium peltatum (ivy geranium) - many


Pelargonium hortorum (zonal geranium) - many


Geranium (true hardy geraniums - crane's bill) - many


Phlox subulata 'White' (moss phlox)


Phlox paniculata 'Mt. Fujiyama (summer phlox) - and others


Achillea 'White Beauty' (yarrow)


Clematis - many


Scabiosa caucasica 'Perfecta Alba' (pincushion flower)





Now, you have to figure out which ones you want to use and if they are for sun-part shade-shade and if they are hardy in your USDA zone. Best of luck and have fun! :)

I want to do a small garden in Harley Davidson colors...any suggestions for flowers???
I think the easy way - since I cant think of any black flowers or plants - is to paint your containers black - plastic or clay - and plant all kinds of orange flowers - there are plenty of those. Also - maybe it would be fun to use old parts of a motorcycle to plant in or around set in the garden - you can always spray paint the parts with chrome, black or orange - sounds like it would be a really creative garden. Good luck.
Reply:Without knowing where you are located if I make a suggestion please make sure the plant can grow in your climate.





It is going to be easier to find orange flowers than black flowers, but you shouldn't just think in the terms of flowers. Some plants have orange leaves and black leaves. I'm also going to give you Latin names because Latin names are accurate and an international way of communicating about plants.





A plant called Bumald Spirea has orange/gold leaves. I've seen a few and they look orange to me. If you get them out of a garden center pick the orangest one.





Ophiopogon planiscapus Nigrescens (Black Lillyturf) is a Lilly which has black leaves and pink flowers. It looks like black grass and just about everyone grows it for its black leaves. It is small, compact and would look good at the edge of the border. If you don't want the dainty pink flowers cut them off.





Look for Acers (Maples) which have orange leaves in the fall. You can get some Japanese Maples which have colored leaves as they bud out in the spring. I have a red and purple leaved one.





Okay, beyond the plants with black or orange foliage, you'll have to move onto flower color and accept green leaf color will be added to your palette.





I don't mean to be lazy, but you did ask a big question so I'm going to give you a link to the Crocus web site which is in the UK. If you're in another country don't worry. The site gives you Latin names so you can go to your garden center or a web site in your country and get these plants. The Crocus site just has a really nice search engine which gives you good pictures (so you can look for the proper Harley orange) and a great search engine. You can search by flower color, sun exposure, etc.





Some of the more common flowers will come in orange or black. For both colors I've seen tulips, iris, cosmos, roses, pansy, viola and scabiosa. For orange I've seen verbena, trollius, marigolds, lillies, etc.





Ah, don't forget bark color. There's black bamboo and if you like red twigged dogwood which has that deep red bark showing in the winter there's an orange barked version: Cornus sanguinea Midwinter Fire.





My only advice on bamboo is to be careful where you plant it. Bamboo is usually invasive and will send runners out and try to take over your garden. I'm not sure if black bamboo is invasive, but block the roots completely with a barrier dug into the ground.





Don't forget your grasses. Phormium Apricot Queen looks like it has orange leaves.
Reply:Marigolds..





you can buy some tulips and lillies in black but you cannot really notice them...