| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 6a |
| Plant Height: | 18 - 30 inches |
| Plant Spread: | 24 - 36 inches |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | Other: Magenta |
| Bloom Size: | 1"-2" |
| Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall |
| Underground structures: | Taproot |
| Suitable Locations: | Xeriscapic |
| Uses: | Will Naturalize Suitable as Annual |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds Butterflies Hummingbirds |
| Resistances: | Deer Resistant Rabbit Resistant Drought tolerant |
| Toxicity: | Leaves are poisonous Other: Seeds are poisonous |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Sow in situ Start indoors |
| Containers: | Not suitable for containers |
| MrsBinWY | On June 13, 2020 | Transplanted 1 to dry, north-west corner of front yard |
| MrsBinWY | On June 3, 2020 | Transplanted 1 in Nancy's iron pot |
| MrsBinWY | On August 4, 2019 | Transplanted 1 on southwest corner of front sidewalk on 8-4-2019 |
| MrsBinWY | On June 24, 2019 | Transplanted On 6-24-2019, planted 1 in the northwest corner of the front yard. |
| MrsBinWY | On January 30, 2019 | Seeds germinated 3 seeds w/radicals (potted them up); some of the other seeds starting to mold, sanitized them w/H2O2, put on fresh paper towel & put back in warm room temp; 4th seed w/radical 1-31-19; 5th & 6th on 2-1-19; 7th on 2-2-19 (but the radical was not as thick as the previous ones & the seed coat was already peeling back from the cotyledons -- might have damaged it with the H2O2); 1st seedling (cotyledons) emerged on 2-3-19; 8th & 9th showing radicals on 2-4-19 (had re-sanitized remaining 3 seeds the morning of 2-3-19 & might have damaged another of the radicals; had removed seed coat from the other that had a radical showing 2-4-19); 2nd seedling (cotyledons) emerged on 2-5-19; 3rd, 4th & 5th seedlings emerged on 2-6-19; 6th & 7th seedlings (cotyledons) emerged on 2-7-19; 10th (last) seed showing its radical on 2-8-19 (had removed the seed coat a few days before); 8th seedling (cotyledons) emerging 2-9-19 (the one that germinated 2-4-19 that I'd removed the seed coat from); 9th seedling (cotyledons) emerged without me noticing when & the 10th (which was the 10th to germinate) is working on unfurling its cotyledons on 2-15-19; moved all of them to the basement under lights & on a heat mat 2-15-19 |
| MrsBinWY | On January 27, 2019 | Seeds sown 10 seeds on paper towel in baggie @ warm room temp |
| MrsBinWY | On March 13, 2018 | Seeds germinated 2 |
| MrsBinWY | On March 3, 2018 | Seeds sown soaked overnight & sown the next morning in individual pots; 12 seeds from 2017 garden |
| SunnyinMichigan | On July 8, 2023 | Bloomed The plant is 7-8 years old, and it always takes a while to "wake up" in the spring. It just started blooming here July 8th, and it usually blooms heavily until late September. By fall it is a 4' x4' magenta mound of flowers. |
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