Semi-evergreen perennial.
Colours: Rose-pink flowers with pale orange spotted throat.
Flowering: Late Spring, Early Summer
Height: 1 m
Spread: 1 m
Growing conditions: Full sun, Partial shade
Pruning: Cut back main flower spike as it fades to encourage a second flowering.
Overwinter: I can't find information on how to cut it in winter, so I will proceed as with perennials plants:
Cut back to the ground in fall.
Caution !!!
Toxicity: Highly toxic by ingestion
2020
In the spring of 2020 mine was in a container part of a floral arrangement (the flower is tall and goes well behind smaller flowers).
After it stopped flowering, I moved it to a pot and left it in a corner of the garden. At the beginning of January 2021, when I was cleaning the garden, I noticed it. Oops ... it grew really well.
It had to be cut back to the base in the fall but being semi-evergreen I cut it now. I left a few new branches at the base, I put a bark around it to protect it from frost and we are waiting for spring time to see how it will bloom.
Pests: Can get aphids and leaf and bud eelworm
Diseases: May be affected by leaf spots and powdery mildews
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