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The Colour Orange
Sorry if this the wrong use of the forum. I am trying to track down Rudbeckia seeds which will produce plants with orange flowers. Searches which claim to give orange results such as 'marmalade' invariably then show an image of a yellow flower. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you
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It's very difficult to get accurate colour reproduction online, or with photographs for that matter. The most 'orange' rudbeckia I know is Rudbeckia Cappuccino.
http://www.mr-fothergills.co.uk/seeds-plants-gardening/13402/rudbeckia-cappuccino
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've grown Cappuccino, for several years, using seed from T&M.
Just out of curisoity I wondered whether the Fothergill's (in the link just above) might be cheaper. It turns out that Fothergill's are 25% more expensive than T&M, for the same number of seeds. T&M also occasionally offer discounts on top of that too. This is Cappuccino from T&M:
http://www.thompson-morgan.com/flowers/flower-seeds/half-hardy-annual-seeds/rudbeckia-hirta-cappuccino/8565TM
Personally, I wouldn't actually call Cappuccino 'orange', more yellow merging into a brick red. There are some other Rudbecia's that might be of interest. All of these produce a range of 'orangey' colours. You might get some orange ones, you might not:
http://www.thompson-morgan.com/flowers/flower-seeds/half-hardy-annual-seeds/rudbeckia-hirta-chim-chiminee/6978TM
http://www.thompson-morgan.com/flowers/flower-seeds/half-hardy-annual-seeds/rudbeckia-x-hirta-hybrida-cherokee-sunset/7357TM
http://www.thompson-morgan.com/flowers/flower-seeds/half-hardy-annual-seeds/rudbeckia-hirta-rustic-dwarfs-mixed/6655TM
Thank you for those speedy replies and the links. It is appreciated.