Typically available from spring to early summer. Call your favorite store for current availability.
Spring to early fall, large, cardinal red flowers with frilly sides and bright yellow throats bloom amid green, grass-like foliage. Utilize upright perennial in borders, containers or as a ground cover.
Plant with Abelia 'Kaleidoscope'
Green Thumb Guide
Tolerates most soil types, but prefers enriched soil with good drainage. Grows from tubers. Dead head to encourage more blooms. Feed with all purpose fertilizer in spring before new blooms appear.
These characteristics apply to the greater Sacramento area and nearby regions.
Live outside of our area? Please check with your local cooperative extension for the best growing practices in your neck of the woods
Visit: UC Cooperative Extension Offices (Opens in new window)
Visit: National County Extension Offices (Opens in new window)