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Geum 'Blazing Sunset'

These plants did not return for me.

It does very well in a shady moist location among hostas in my garden. I am in zone 8.

I planted these plants from seeds last year. They survived our winter in zone 4B and started to blooms this year in mid June.
The flowers are a bright red and held high above the foliage. A very worthwhile plant that I plan to use elsewhere in other combinations.

Geum 'Blazing Sunset' is an excellent, long-blooming variety with double flowers that look like small, scarlet-red roses.

I got a free packet of Blazing Sunset with a magazine and grew about 20 plants. They all flowered the following year and are one of the most worthy plants in the garden. They grow in the poorest of soils in sun or partial shade (I haven't tried full shade). They're similar to Mrs Bradshaw but the flowers are more double. They've withstood temperatures down to -7C and flower from May to late October if you deadhead them. You can squeeze them in a 6inch gap and the flowers will scrawl through other plants. Look great next to variegated grasses such as (the very invasive) phalaris (gardener's garters).