Apricot/Peach Perennial Suggestions

My garden's been a bit of fail again this year and I think part of that has been due to relying on annuals to do the heavy lifting. The annuals I grew from seed weren't great this year and the plugs I purchased have been so slow to grow on that some of them have only recently been put in the ground. Everything just looks really gappy. I think I'd rather stick with perennials that I can just stick in the ground and leave to their own devices.

The colour scheme I have is mainly white/cream with apricot/peach and warm neutral shades. I've got the white/cream aspect covered but it's the apricot/peach perennials that I'm struggling with. I really need something long flowering as although I have some Apricot Pearl geums, they don't last much beyond early June. I did have Southern Charm verbascum but I've given up on it since it flops over so easily.

Any suggestions will be gratefully received.

 

All my annuals are a bit slim this year too

Jo Thompsons Chelsea garden a few years ago was very peach/apricot , you could try googling for a plant list.

Some of the perennial foxgloves like Suttons Apricot might work. Also how about Geum Mai Tai, but that probably wont give you a longer season than the ones you have.

I can’t suggest a specific cultivar but I suspect there is probably an Alstroemeria that might be suitable. Am sure I’ve seen some that have some peach or apricot as part of their colouring

 

Just thought what about daylilies. Just done a quick google for peach and On and On and Double Dream popped up

 

I have a dwarf Hydrangea (living little Rosie). It's a beautiful compact little thing, it'll get no bigger than about 2ft. It's just coming into flower now. They start off whitish, then go through a cream phase before turning slightly pink.

 

Depending how much sun the area has and what the soil's like, you could try some of these (probably there'll be other sellers, I just picked some that have the facility to search by colour):

Salvias Buy Salvias Online UK | Stunning Hardy Varieties for Sale

Dahlias Peach Flowered Dahlias - Shaw Green Dahlias

Achillea several peachy/salmon/apricotty colours

Salvias and dahlias usually keep going from midsummer or so to the first frosts. My dahlias are a bit rubbish this year, I think they don't like the drought. The salvias are fine (although I don't grow any of the peach ones, it's not a colour that I like).

 

I've been looking to replace things with perminent planting because it's easier once they have established and have weigela all summer peach, on my list. It gets about 3x3ft I think but can be kept smaller and seems to be a good do'er.
Salvia apricot spring or peach cobbler might be worth a look as well. Edit to say Jenny has already linked these.

 

Thanks for the suggestions There's a few I shall mull over for the next 6 months!

 

How about Erysimum? There's one called Apricot Twist.

 

I have a salvia Belle de Loire which has two tone peaches and cream flowers - Salvia × jamensis Belle de Loire ('Barsabel') | sage [Belle de Loire] Herbaceous Perennial/RHS and another, label lost, in just the plain peach colour. Hardy to -10C but easy to grow from cuttings for insurance.

There are also apricot forms of digitalis (biennial) and bearded iris.

 

I was also going to mention Peach Cobbler salvia. I have this in the front garden and would say it's definitely on the orange/peach spectrum. If you have full sun and a well drained soil it should thrive, and you can always take cutting about now as insurance.

I'm not sure if Geum "Totally Tangerine" has been mentioned, mine starts flowering at the end of February with just a few flowers, and then keeps going right to the end of June with regular deadheading.

'Totally Tangerine' PBR

 

There are lovely Yarrows in those shades and also pastel shades.
There is a pinky peachy Ornamental quince.

Perhaps a peach or apricot tree

 

Good call on the Yarrow (Achillea) @Adam I .
There's one called Terracotta that might fit the bill. I find them pretty tough and they're certainly able to cope with the very dry conditions I'm experiencing.

 

We have wild white yarrow growing all over our plot, in the grassy bits anyway, so I thought it would be a doddle to grow cultivars. So far, all attempts at sowing seeds have failed either to germinate or to grow into viable plants so this year I bought 3 each of cream and dusky pink and they've romped away, despite the extremes of heat and drought we've had here. Fab plants.

 

Yes they are tough drought resistant native plants. Often in over mowed areas they are the only greenery carpeting the area. An entire lawn can be made of it even.

They take a while to grow from seed and reproduce better by very short suckers, expanding in clumps about 5cm at a time. I would personally sow into pots then transplant.

 

I have Salvya 'Peach Parfait' - it's gorgeous. This was in June and it's still going strong.