Daylily ‘Baltimore Oriole’ has a whisper of orange hiding beneath its velvety, red flowers. This daylily grows happily just about anywhere. My plant grew in the shade for years and still sent up several scapes full of flowers each summer. It’s now getting more sun and rewarding me with even more of those stunning red blooms.
‘Baltimore Oriole’ grows 26 inches tall with 6-inch flowers:
Snapdragon ‘Night and Day’ is an annual with blackish-crimson flowers that have a distinctive white throat. This cultivar is very easy to sprout indoors from seed and blooms all summer long if you keep it deadheaded.
It’s a favorite of bumblebees:
Nicotiana ‘Perfume Red’ is an annual that grows 20 inches tall with red, star-shaped flowers. I love these plants because they perform equally well in part-shade or full sun.
I’ve grown quite a few nicotiana cultivars over the years and none of them have ever shown signs of disease. Occasionally aphids will attack the stems, but they don’t do any lasting damage.
Another reason to plant nicotianas is because hummingbirds love them:
