Typically available during summer. Call your favorite store for current availability.
Late spring through fall, spikes of large, showy, irregularly shaped blooms above green to bronze, lance-shaped leaves. Great tropical to add around pools or in borders.
Plant with Million Bells
Green Thumb Guide
Perennial that grows from rhizomes thrives in well draining and enriched soil. Feed with an all purpose fertilizer in spring before new growth appears. Deadhead to promote continued blooms.
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)