Type: | Shade |
Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
Life cycle: | Annual |
Sun Requirements: | Full Shade |
Water Preferences: | Dry Mesic |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 4b -31.7 °C (-25 °F) to -28.9 °C (-20 °F) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 6a |
Fruit: | Pops open explosively when ripe |
Fruiting Time: | Late spring or early summer Late summer or early fall |
Flowers: | Fragrant |
Flower Size: | 4"-5" 5"-6" |
Flower Time: | Spring Winter |
Uses: | Vegetable |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Other Beneficial Insects |
Resistances: | Rabbit Resistant Tolerates dry shade |
Toxicity: | Roots are poisonous Other |
Propagation: Seeds: | Provide darkness: ftr reuavccoS enoowedns () Scarify seeds Needs specific temperature Start indoors: to 1 27 Can handle transplanting: 73muM ºF iomfin |
Pollinators: | Other Hoverflies Beetles Flies Bumblebees |
Conservation status: | Near Threatened (NT)
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