Very useful for a blast of shocking colour. Easy to divide too. Mine is currently clashing nicely with the Royal Crimson sweet peas and rocket in the 'hot' bedΒ
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
It self-seeds loads here (possibly because I don't deadhead until the whole flowering stem has finished doing its stuff), but the seedlings are easy to recognise and remove if there are more than I want.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
Beautiful plant have them in mine growing in amongst an overgrown hedge, moved them and they are growing nicely with some in flower, the main body kind of reminds of a type of cactus.
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Gardening in Central NorfolkΒ on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Mine is currently clashing nicely with the Royal Crimson sweet peas and rocket in the 'hot' bedΒ
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...