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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: 8-10 inches
Plant Spread: 10-12 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Orange
Pink
Red
White
Yellow
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Will Naturalize
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Self fertile
Needs specific temperature: 75-80F
Days to germinate: 7-14
Depth to plant seed: Surface sow.
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Space plants 6-8 inches apart. Semi-double flowers.
Pollinators: Self
Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 1 gallon
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Common names
  • Moss Rose

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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2017-06-05
- Showy pink blossoms all summer.
Location: Hudson Florida
Date: 2018-04-10
Multiple seedlings

Photo Courtesy of Smokeys Daylily Gardens Used with Permission
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Location: central Illinois
Date: 2014-05-14
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