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Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 30-50 cm
Plant Spread: 15-20 cm
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Red
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Provide darkness
Depth to plant seed: 0.5 cm
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: germination is erratic
Pollinators: Beetles
Flies
Bees

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Common names
  • Pheasant's Eye
  • Red Morocco

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Location: North Carolina
Date: April 2nd, 2020
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 30th June 2011
Location: Adonis aestivalis L., Arad Valley, Israel, March 26, 2012.
Credit: Gideon Pisanty (Gidip)
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2011-05-05
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-08-03
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 30th June 2011
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2009-08-18
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-06-16
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2011-03-25
Comments:
  • Posted by vic (North Carolina) on Dec 10, 2013 8:03 AM concerning plant:
    Plants should be fertilized immediately after flowering. In zones 3-5, apply a heavy layer of mulch. When propagated by division, they will produce more blooms than the ones grown from seed.
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