| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Wet Mesic Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
| Plant Height: | 12 inches |
| Plant Spread: | 12 inches |
| Leaves: | Good fall color Evergreen |
| Fruit: | Showy Other: Upward-facing seed head with long feathery plumes that look like smoke |
| Fruiting Time: | Late spring or early summer |
| Flower Color: | Bi-Color: Reddish purple stems and sepals, white to red petals |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Spring |
| Underground structures: | Rhizome |
| Suitable Locations: | Xeriscapic |
| Resistances: | Drought tolerant |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Stratify seeds: Seeds need cold moist treatment for 2 months before they will germinate. Suitable for wintersowing |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Root |
| Pollinators: | Bumblebees |
| Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil |
| chelle | On November 5, 2014 | Transplanted W end, center, lower tier. |
| aspenhill | On April 18, 2015 | Obtained plant LWC Plant Sale (Hill House) - qty 1 |
| lovesblooms | On February 7, 2017 | Seeds sown indoors |
| MrsBinWY | On August 7, 2022 | Transplanted On 8-7-2022, planted 5 along front walk near Marci's gold iris. |
| MrsBinWY | On May 29, 2022 | Potted up 8 seedlings in 7 pots on 5-29-2022. |
| MrsBinWY | On April 27, 2022 | Seeds germinated On 4-27-2022, observed 1st seedling. |
| MrsBinWY | On March 20, 2022 | Seeds sown On 3-20-2022, WS 16 seeds from Prairie Moon in milk jug C(60) |
| MrsBinWY | On July 14, 2017 | Potted up 6 |
| MrsBinWY | On March 10, 2017 | Seeds sown coffee filter in baggie in fridge for 60 days, little bit of H2O2, 16 seeds from molanic; jugged 5-26-17 (2 rotted) |
| KelliW | On January 25, 2020 | Seeds sown wintersown outdoors in a jug, zone 6b |
| Thread Title | Last Reply | Replies |
|---|---|---|
| Such a neat wildflower! by chelle | Apr 1, 2015 4:48 AM | 5 |
