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Purchased 2 from gardensoftheblueridge.com April 2006. + 3 from newfs.
Height: 2'-4'
Spread: 12"-18"
Spacing: 18"
Soil: Moist
Exposure: Shade-Semi
Blooms: Summer
Color: Bright Red
Listed in the top ten hummingbird plants.
Native Wildflower
Entries and Updates
Jun 25, 2006
Just starting to bloom.
Jun 27, 2006
Jul 1, 2006
Plants have mildew, I read somewhere that an organic copper or sulpher based fungicide will do the trick for powdery mildew. Although it doesn't seem to be affecting the blooms or the hummingbird visits. So I will probably leave it be.
Aug 1, 2007
My plants have done much better this year, probably due to not getting water on the leaves. I have been trying to run a soaker hose around them for 4 hours at least once a week. The plants still have some leaves turning yellow at the base, but the pruning trick I used on them has worked well! (I cut back the ones in front, earlier in the season, so they would stay shorter and bushier.) One of the plants in slightly more shade has reached over 5'. The flowers are just starting to fade now, partly due to recent rain. Hummingbirds are all over them all day long!
