Typically available from spring to early summer. Call your favorite store for current availability.
Upright perennial boasts very large, dark purple, lily-like flowers. Blooms are produced continuously from spring to fall. Popular for borders, containers or as a ground cover.
Plant with Black-Eyed Susan
Characteristics
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Landscape Size: 1'-3' tall, 1'-3' wide
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Light Requirement: Full Sun or Morning Sun/Afternoon Shade
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Water Needs: Moderate
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USDA Zone: 4a
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Growth Habit: Upright, Arching, Clumping
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Growth Rate: Fast
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Attributes: Flowers for Cutting, Long Bloom Season
See Green Thumb Guide below for region specific information.
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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)
