Plant Description
In late spring and early summer, the brilliant red-orange flowers of Fire Pink are eye-catching on dry, partly sunny road banks. In the wild, the plants rarely are full or many-flowered. However, when happy in cultivation, this short-lived perennial forms full 1- to 2-foot clumps with dozens of 1-inch flowers. Give it light shade, and average well-drained soil in a perennial garden, rock garden, or natural setting. Good companions are Green-and-Gold, Eared Coreopsis, Dwarf Crested Iris, Sundrops, Beard-tongue, Lyre-leaved Sage, Alumroot, and Cumberland Rosemary.
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Characteristics
Container plant Roof Garden Deer Resistant Hummingbird Plant Native Plant Ease of Culture Not too hard to culture Evergreen Evergreen Plant Type Wildflower, Perennial, |
Light Exposure Mostly sunny, Half and half, Soil Condition Average, Sandy, Moisture Tolerance Moderately moist, Dry, Size full quart Height 12 to 24,
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Flower Color Red, scarlet, Bloom Time Late spring, Early summer, Typical Height 12in Spread 18in Zones 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
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