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Bloom Color: Pink Magenta (Pink-Purple) Red Light Blue Dark Blue Purple White/Near White
Bloom Time: Late Winter/Early Spring Mid Spring Late Spring/Early Summer
Foliage: Herbaceous Velvet/Fuzzy-Textured Veined
Other details: Requires consistently moist soil; do not let dry out between waterings Self-sows freely; deadhead if you do not want volunteer seedlings next season
Soil pH requirements: 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral) 7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
Patent Information: Non-patented
Propagation Methods: From seed; direct sow outdoors in fall
Seed Collecting: Allow seedheads to dry on plants; remove and collect seeds
On Jul 26, 2007, PedricksCorner from Freedom, CA (Zone 9b) wrote:
I love this showy splash of color for the shady areas! I have been searching all over for it and finally had to special order seed. What I love best is how the colors seem to glow in the twilight of early morning or late evening. And it does reseed itself very easily. It is worth it to keep the slugs and snails at bay.
On Feb 10, 2007, malichi from calgary Canada wrote:
I loved this plant, the flowers are beautiful and it makes me happy living in canada in the winter to have flowering plants around. Beware though ! evil little worms love to burrow into this plants main stem. I bought one and it started drooping within days. I researched it, but to no avail. Once it was beyond resurrection i dug it up and dissected it and found the awfull larvae that had eaten its heart out. I have another on order! But beware your source, i found out from my research that these plants are actually known for getting bugs of all kinds. (especially aphids)
On May 26, 2006, fluffygrue from Manchester United Kingdom (Zone 8a) wrote:
A stunning plant, but sadly the slugs love this as much as I do. And worse, it's the flowers they eat. It's not really an option in a sluggy garden, it seems, unless you protect it lots.
On Jul 8, 2004, suncatcheracres from Old Town, FL wrote:
In the late 1960's I lived in a very old house on a steep hill with a large cedar tree in the front yard, just at the fog line in San Francisco, near SF State college. In the spring the whole little shady postage stamp sized front yard was ablaze with these flowers, in wonderful shades of deep pinks and blue-purples. They must have been growing there for years, with some ferns and mosses, all along a rock wall. This was a very temperate climate, with hardly any frost, and this was a very protected spot, between the two story house and the tall tree. The flowers were just beautiful--glowing colors in the fog.
On Jul 15, 2003, stevenova from Newcastle United Kingdom (Zone 8a) wrote:
For the colder regions there is now (at least in Europe and the UK) a new strain with large, vibrantly coloured flowers for the early Spring bedding season (Feb-April) that can tolerate a few degrees of frost and are even upon release for the first time this year, often completely sold out. The trade name is SENETTI.
On Oct 27, 2002, PotEmUp from Fremont, CA (Zone 9a) wrote:
An old time favorite. Great variety of colors. Self seeds readily and many of the colors almost glow.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Alameda, California Castro Valley, California Citrus Heights, California Eureka, California Hayward, California San Jose, California Santa Clara, California Watsonville, California Mcville, North Dakota San Antonio, Texas Kalama, Washington
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