Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Water Preferences: | Mesic |
Flowers: | Showy |
Flower Time: | Spring Late spring or early summer |
Uses: | Cut Flower Will Naturalize |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Hummingbirds |
Propagation: Seeds: | Provide light Suitable for wintersowing Sow in situ Can handle transplanting |
Pollinators: | Bees |
Containers: | Suitable in 3 gallon or larger |
MrsBinWY | On April 23, 2022 | Transplanted On 7-8-2019, planted 3 in the front side yard on the north side of the path. (None made it there, though.) |
MrsBinWY | On October 5, 2019 | Transplanted on 10-5-2019: 1 in the scallop bed between Phyteuma scheuchzeri and Pulsatilla rubra |
MrsBinWY | On July 8, 2019 | Transplanted On 7-8-2019, planted 3 at the end of the stream by Marci's yellow Spuria-type iris. One returned in 2020 but got too dry once the weather got hot. |
MrsBinWY | On July 4, 2019 | Transplanted on 7-4-2019, planted 3 in side yard by Clematis scottii. |
MrsBinWY | On April 26, 2019 | Potted up 10 pots of 12 plants |
MrsBinWY | On January 5, 2019 | Potted up Potted up 6 seedlings from the 2017 sowing. ~11 more still in the container. Wait on potting them up, pending how the first 6 do. |
MrsBinWY | On May 25, 2018 | Seeds germinated ~20 seedlings from the 2017 sowing were up |
MrsBinWY | On November 25, 2017 | Seeds sown Experiment: Eight (8) 2.25" pots in garden hoop, seeds from Alplains. Zero germination as of 5-13-18; pots spent the summer, fall and early winter in back patio area; brought the pots into the sun room 1-5-19. |
MrsBinWY | On February 4, 2017 | Seeds sown coffee filter in baggie in fridge, Z3, P, GL, 3:6w, 50 seeds from Alplains; 3-24-17 put seeds in milk jug on back patio; no germination as of 12-3-17 (holding container over) |
ShawnSteve | On December 31, 2020 | Seeds sown Stratification, for approximately 90 days. |
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