Site Characteristics

Sunlight:

• part shade
• full shade

Soil conditions:

• tolerates droughty soil
• requires well-drained soil
• tolerates damp soil
• requires high fertility

Once established, tolerates dry soils (for example, under trees where moisture competition is high), but prefers moist soil.

Hardiness zones:

• 4 to 8

Special locations:

• xeriscapes - Tolerates dry sites under trees once established, but prefers moist areas.

Plant Traits

Lifecycle: perennial

Ease-of-care: easy

Height: 0.5 to 1 feet

Spread: 0.75 to 1.5 feet

Keeps spreading by rhizomes.

Bloom time:

• mid-spring
• late spring

Flower color:

• red
• yellow

All red, or a mixture of red and yellow on the same flower.

Foliage color:

• light green
• red

New leaves are red and turn red again in fall. Semi-evergreen foliage is usually bronze in winter.

Foliage texture: medium

Shape:

• cushion, mound or clump
• spreading mass

Shape in flower: flower stalks with flowers hanging downward

Pendulous blooms borne on erect, branched flower stems.

Special Considerations

Special characteristics:

• deer resistant
• non-aggressive
• non-invasive
• not native to North America - Hybrid with European and Japanese parents.
• evergreen - Semi-evergreen

Growing Information