Seed selection of the native spring wildflower with soft pink and yellow nodding blooms with elongated upward facing spurs. A more compact and mounded selection was discovered in Kansas’s Dyck Arboretum of the Plains. Its bloom time matches up perfectly with the return migration of hummingbirds and offers a valuable source of nectar. Its pollen and nectar are attractive to bumble bees and other native bees and is the larval host plant for at least two butterfly and moth species. Foliage is airy, attractive and biternate and easily fills in amongst other perennials and shrubs. Adaptable to a wide range of conditions, it will happily re-seed itself and is easily naturalized.
- Plant Patent: n/a
- Container Size:
- USDA Zone: 3-8
- Height: 12”
- Spread: 12”
- Sun Exposure: full sun to part shade
- Soil Moisture: average
- Bloom Time: late spring to summer
- Bloom Color: pink
- Foliage Color: green
- US Native: native selection
- Wildlife Benefit: hummingbirds, pollinators
- Notes: drought tolerant
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