An attractive plant, tough, adaptable, and long-lived, with no pests or diseases I've observed. This isn't a knock-your-socks-off bloomer...Read More, but it does bloom attractively and reliably for a very long season, all summer for me. Blooms best in full sun, but tolerates a fair amount of shade.
Clump-forming. Division isn't recommended.
Performs best in moist well-drained soil, but it's quite drought tolerant once established.
Dioecious---if you want seed for propagation, you need both a male and a female. And you may need to do the pollination yourself.
Unlike some of its near relations, this plant is neither aggressive in the garden nor invasive in the natural landscape.
Sometimes called "the cruel plant" because it traps pollinators (temporarily) by the leg. More than one unrelated plant is called by this name.
An attractive plant, tough, adaptable, and long-lived, with no pests or diseases I've observed. This isn't a knock-your-socks-off bloomer...Read More