| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Wet Mesic Mesic |
| Plant Height: | 40 to 60 inches (1-1.5 m) |
| Plant Spread: | 20 to 40 inches (.5-1 m) |
| Leaves: | Unusual foliage color Evergreen Other: Grey-blue leaves |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | Red Yellow Other: Opens coral red, changing to pale lemon yellow |
| Flower Time: | Summer |
| Underground structures: | Rhizome |
| Uses: | Cut Flower Will Naturalize |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds Butterflies Hummingbirds |
| Resistances: | Deer Resistant |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Sow in situ Can handle transplanting Other info: Seeds take a long time to reach flowering stage. |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Division Offsets Other: Take offshoots from the crown |
| Pollinators: | Birds Various insects |
| Containers: | Suitable in 3 gallon or larger Needs excellent drainage in pots |
| Awards and Recognitions: | RHS AGM Other: 2010 Plant Select Winner |
| lovesblooms | On May 11, 2015 | Transplanted 2x |
| lovesblooms | On April 24, 2015 | Obtained plant 2x |
| GoCart | On September 1, 2017 | Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc) appeared to die from crown rot |
| GoCart | On July 8, 2017 | Transplanted vendor pot to ground |
| MrsBinWY | On May 31, 2020 | Transplanted 1 from LCMG Plant Sale (purchased from Gulley) in front of Nick's delphiniums. This one bloomed (didn't set seed) but rotted over the winter. |
| MrsBinWY | On July 21, 2019 | Potted up 6 - I kept them in pots for the winter, but they didn't make it (even though I kept them under the patio roof to keep them dry). |
| MrsBinWY | On April 23, 2019 | Seeds germinated 2 |
| MrsBinWY | On April 6, 2019 | Seeds sown 16 seeds from GeoSeed @ room temp in milk jug |
| Thread Title | Last Reply | Replies |
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| great close up by jerseyridgearts | Apr 10, 2014 1:21 AM | 0 |
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