January 16, 2016
27 Types of Orange Flowers
Orange can bring cheer and brightness to your garden. Popular with both spring and fall blooms, this color is sure to bring a smile to your face all year round.
Check out the list below to find out more about how to add some brightness to your garden. Be sure to read the growing zone, as well as the sun and soil needs to make sure you have a fitting space to keep blooms healthy.
Types of Orange Flowers
Begonia Begonia
Begonias come in many different varieties but most have large double flowers that come in yellow, orange, red, white and pink. They bloom on top of dark green leaves.
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Bird of Paradise Strelitzia
The Bird of Paradise flower has tropical, fan-like foliage and a crane headed bloom. They do best when grown as potted plants and kept indoors.
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Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum
Commonly referred to as Mums, Chrysanthemums are a classic addition to a fall garden. There are hundreds of varieties that give you choices between color, height, flower size and even time of bloom.
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Marigold Tagetes
Marigolds are popular annuals. Their popularity likely comes from their bright colors and ability to bloom all summer long. They have carnation-like flower heads with thick layers of ruffled petals.
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Rosa
With over 2,000 varieties and hundreds of years of cultivation, the rose has an extensive family and a long history. Old roses, which are classified as existing prior to the 1867 tea rose, generally have more fragrance, more complicated blooms and greater disease resistance. Modern roses offer an endless color selection and all-season blooms.
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Lilium
Lilies are one of the most popular flowers for floral arrangements because of their large showy blooms and pleasant fragrance. They have 6 trumpet-shaped petal that stand on top of a long stem.
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Tulipa
Tulips come in virtually every color of the rainbow. They are usually brightly colored flowers with a simple cup shape that grow on a green stem.
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Dianthus caryophyllus
Carnations are popular for the spectrum of colors they come in. They grow full blooms of serrated petals on a long, narrow stalk.
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Gerbera Daisy Gerbera Jamesonii
These bright and cheerful flowers come in many different colors. Gerbera Daisies can also range in size from 2 to 5 inches in diameter.
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Daylily Hemerocallis
Daylilies grow easily and spread quickly despite their delicate appearance. Their trumpet-shape bloom grows on top of a tall, leafless stem. They can be found in many different colors as there are tens of thousands of hybrids in existence
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Iris Iris
Irises come with 3 upright petals and 3 drooping petals which are often a different color. They have delicate-looking, intrinsic blooms that can be found in shades of purple, blue, orange, pink and white.
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Ranunculus Ranunculus
Ranunculus come in bright colors and grow on long stems. They are perfect cut flowers because they has a long vase life and many blooms.
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Bulbine Bulbine frutescens
Bulbine is a succulent with grass-like foliage and yellow or orange blossoms. Flower stalks usually grow to 2 feet and tend to grow in clumps.
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Cosmos Cosmos
Cosmos are showy annuals with bowl-shaped flowers and long stems. They are great cut flowers and will bring birds and butterflies to your garden.
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Aloe Aloe barbadensis
Aloe flowers bloom on a long stem that grows above their thick, variegated leaves. The blooms are red-orange and tube-shaped.
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Alstroemeria Alstroemeria
Alstroemeria is a common florist favorite for good reason. The talk stems product three colorful blooms in an array of colors. Each flower has 6 petals and can be flecked, stripped or streaked with darker pigmentation.
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Canna Canna
Cannas are summer bulbs with ruffled spikes that taper to relatively petite buds. They come in different colors and boast large paddle-shaped leaves.
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California Poppy Eschscholzia californica
California Poppies cover the dry, grassy areas of their namesake and color valleys in orange, cup-shaped blooms.
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Lion's Tail Leonotis leonurus
This tall perennial can add a splash of color to your garden with its bright orange flowers. Lion's Tail
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Zinnia Zinnia elegans
Zinnias have a bright, daisy-like heads on a tall, slender stem. They grow up to 3 feet and bloom annually.
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Dahlia Dahlia
Dahlias are colorful flowers with many spiky petal which form their large, round heads. They range in color and size.
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Cymbidium Orchid Cymbidium
Cymbidium Orchids are loved for their long-lasting bloom and the fantastic range of color. They blossom in winter and can have up to 15 or more flowers per stem.
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Lantana Lantana
Lantana produces an abundance of bright-colored blooms from summer to fall. It needs very little water and can grow well in containers.
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Crown Imperial Fritillaria imperialis
This dramatic, spring-flowering bulb has cup-shaped flowers that cannot be held upright by the stems. The green and glossy foliage grows all along the tall stem and then forms a crown at the top.
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Helenium Helenium
Helenium is a late-season flower with a daisy-like face that comes in warm tones from yellow to red. The petals are often two-toned with a lighter color along the edge.
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Butterflyweed Asclepias tuberosa
This bushy perennial has clusters of flat-topped, orange flowers. The flowers grow above lance-shaped leaves which nicely frame the bright blooms.
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Red Hot Poker Kniphofia
Red Hot Poker, also known as Torch Lilies are named because of their bright orange blooms that grow on top of a long, slender stem giving the appearance of a poker or torch.
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Explore ALL COLORS and ALL FLOWERS
Photo Credit: Lily via Нацку, Gerbera Daisy via Fan Wen, Alstroemeria via Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, Lion’s Tail via Tintazul, Pincushion Flower via BetacommandBot, Butterflyweed via Josve05a.