| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Wet Wet Mesic Mesic |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F) |
| Plant Height: | 2 to 5 feet (.6-1.5m) |
| Leaves: | Unusual foliage color |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | Red |
| Flower Time: | Summer Late summer or early fall |
| Suitable Locations: | Bog gardening |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Butterflies Hummingbirds |
| Pollinators: | Various insects |
| MrsBinWY | On July 9, 2019 | Transplanted On 7-9-2019, planted 3 by TV antenna & 4 by 'Starking Delicious' pear. |
| MrsBinWY | On June 24, 2019 | Transplanted On 6-26-2019, planted 3 by Iris ensata in front rain garden. This was my least-favorite choice of planting sites for this species, and the plants here have done the best. |
| MrsBinWY | On April 21, 2019 | Potted up 10 |
| MrsBinWY | On September 15, 2018 | Seeds germinated 4 - already had 1st leaves; ~10 on 1-1-19 |
| MrsBinWY | On February 18, 2018 | Seeds sown cool room temp; soaked a few hours; 20 seeds from Seedrat I sent a few seeds to janinilulu (arrived March 23, 2021). Hers started germinating within a couple weeks (by April 8). She put them in a pot, lightly covered them and forgot about them in her greenhouse. The benches were getting full. She needed more space, so she put the pot underneath for a few days, noticed germination and moved the pot up top again. The temperature gauge was set at 55ish. The weather had been very warm and sunny during the day, so it had been pretty hot in there in the daytime. An excellent lesson for next time! |
