Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade Partial or Dappled Shade |
Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 2 -45.6 °C (-50 °F) to -42.8 °C (-45°F) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 9b |
Flowers: | Showy |
Flower Color: | Pink Purple Red White |
Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Uses: | Culinary Herb Medicinal Herb Will Naturalize |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies Hummingbirds |
Propagation: Seeds: | Provide light Depth to plant seed: 1/8 inch Suitable for wintersowing Sow in situ Start indoors Can handle transplanting |
Pollinators: | Bees |
Awards and Recognitions: | Other: Territorial Flower of Yukon, Canada |
chelle | On November 5, 2014 | Transplanted 1 + 1 bonus plant, Ash tree bed, S of stump. |
MrsBinWY | On May 6, 2022 | Seeds germinated On 5-6-2022, observed 1. |
MrsBinWY | On April 16, 2022 | Seeds sown On 4-16-2022, WS-sowed pinch of seeds from janinilulu's 2021G in milk jug |
MrsBinWY | On December 21, 2019 | Seeds sown 16 commercial seeds from wildflowers in milk jug. Prairie Moon says C(60). Other sources say no cold stratification needed (germination in 10 days). Try room temp for ~a month then move outside if no germination. Put outside on 1-24-20. |