Celebrating the fiery yellow, orange and reds of these low

Irecently received an email from Paula Paggi, who gardens in Northridge. She extols several plants currently blooming in her garden whose flowers are in the fiery color spectrum that stretches from yellow to orange to red.

The plant she is most enthusiastic about is a yellow bird of paradise bush (Caesalpinia gillesii). Despite its highly exotic-looking blooms, it is among the easiest plants to grow. Once established, it is as drought-tolerant as the most desert-bound cactus or thorn tree. Its flowers are as gaudy as they come, with glittery yellow petals and boisterous red stamens, perfectly complemented by soft and quiet, feathery foliage. Native to South America, it attracts hummingbirds and its seeds self-sow in sandy soil.

I once lived in Yeruham, in the northern part of Israel’s Ne