Carmine-red colored flowers. Plants grow 2 to 2.5 feet tall. The cup shaped, deep scarlet-red flowers are filled with yellow stamens. Plants bloom from mid to late spring. Very attractive in and out of bloom.
Zones 5-8. Sow right away. First nick the seeds carefully with a file or nail. Slow germinator -- up to a year or more. Start seeds in layers of moist sand in shade. Check regularly in spring, and plant out to a pot as soon as the root appears. The first year seeds produce a long root the next year they will produce leaves. needs warm for 60 days then cool 60 days.
5 seeds.
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