Prairie Flame is beautiful with the pallida noid. Is it the one that smells like grape koolaid? I love historics, too, especially the ones that survive nearly anything. The early yellow flavascens is one that I inheirited with my house; I kind of ignored it for years, but it survived total neglect. Last year I divided it and made a nice semi circle of it at the back of my front bed, and I was so delighted with how it looked. I like to try some of the new prima donnas, but gradually I am amassing a collection of hard core survivors.
