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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: 10-16 inches
Plant Spread: 6-8 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Other: Russet-red
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Other: Deadheading flowers ensures more flowering throughout the season. May to frost if deadheaded.
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Awards and Recognitions: Other: 2010 Plant Select Winner

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Common names
  • Red Feathers
  • Echium

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Location: my garden, UT
Date: 2017-05-22
#Pollination
Location: My garden in Albuquerque, NM Zone 7b
Date: 2023-05-11
Young plant, first buds
Location: My garden in Albuquerque, NM Zone 7b
Date: 2023-05-22
New plant, first year. Only a few inches tall, but robust!
Location: Lowes Garden Center, MI
Date: 2012-05-05
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-06-22

Date: 2013-05-21
With Linaria reticulata
Location: My Garden in Kalama, Wa
Date: 2016-05-03
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Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2016-05-25
Location: Lowes Garden Center, MI
Date: 2012-05-05
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2018-04-18
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-05-28
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2016-06-15
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2016-05-25
Location: Barson's Greenhouse, Westland, MI
Date: 2016-05-25
Location: Denver Metro, CO
Date: 2012-04-29
Closeup of the flowers

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2015-11-24
Location: My Garden in Kalama, Wa
Date: 2016-05-03
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Location: Pacific Northwest, zone 8
Date: 2017-10-23
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2016-03-01
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-05-20
kind of sparse this year
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Date: 2015-06-20
Location: Denver Metro, CO
Date: 2012-04-29
Didn't take picture of the planter pot, but this was taken at a l
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Plant Events from our members
MrsBinWY On April 14, 2017 Potted up
9+1
MrsBinWY On January 30, 2017 Seeds germinated
MrsBinWY On January 21, 2017 Seeds sown
milk jug, room temp, 2015G, ~25
GoCart On July 8, 2017 Transplanted
vendor pot to ground
MissMew On June 25, 2023 Potted up
Not sure I will put these back in the garden.
MissMew On May 3, 2022 Obtained plant
Suzanne - Vandermeer
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