Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
Life cycle: | Annual |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Water Preferences: | Wet Mesic Mesic |
Plant Height: | 4 to 5 feet |
Plant Spread: | 1 to 2 feet |
Fruit: | Showy |
Fruiting Time: | Late fall or early winter |
Flowers: | Showy |
Flower Color: | Russet |
Bloom Size: | Over 12" |
Uses: | Culinary Herb Vegetable Salad greens Cooked greens Cut Flower Dried Flower |
Edible Parts: | Leaves Seeds or Nuts |
Eating Methods: | Cooked |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds Butterflies |
Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Suitable for wintersowing Sow in situ |
Pollinators: | Self Wind |
lovesblooms | On February 24, 2018 | Seeds sown winter sown |
lovesblooms | On February 28, 2017 | Seeds germinated |
lovesblooms | On January 15, 2017 | Seeds sown w/s |
lovesblooms | On March 22, 2016 | Seeds germinated |
lovesblooms | On March 7, 2016 | Seeds sown winter sown |
lovesblooms | On March 30, 2015 | Seeds germinated |
lovesblooms | On February 1, 2015 | Seeds sown winter sown |
paleohunter | On April 9, 2023 | Transplanted |