General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Herb/Forb
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
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| Flowers: |
Showy
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| Flower Time: |
Summer
Late summer or early fall
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| Underground structures: |
Rhizome
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| Uses: |
Guardian plant
Vegetable
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| Wildlife Attractant: |
Bees
Hummingbirds
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| Propagation: Other methods: |
Division
Offsets
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| Containers: |
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
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Posted by
m33jones2 (Tarlton, OH - Zone 5b) on Sep 14, 2017 2:47 PM concerning plant:
Each flower dies after a few days, and a lot of the time they don't fall off on their own, so to keep them looking good you have to pull the dead ones out. They just lift right out really easy, but if you're not careful, so do the good ones.
The lady that gave these to my mom said you have to dig them up in October and store them for the winter. When we planted them we broke the roots in half, some of the bigger ones into 3 pieces, and made sure the plant part (a red spike) was pointing up.
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