Hardiness zones
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USDA 2-11
Landscape Use: Perennial flower gardens and borders, old fashioned gardens, butterfly gardens, cool season annual in for landscape borders and xeric flower gardens Phoenix.
Form & Character: Evergreen (deciduous in colder climates) perennial that spread and clumps by rhizomes under favorable garden conditions. Form depends on cultivar and ranges from stiffly upright to low and spreading.
Growth Habit: Moderately clumping with flower stalks upright to 3'
Foliage/Texture: Nearly sessile, gray greenish leaves, smooth, sometimes with crenate to clefted margins, 3" long or less, elongated to nearly linear, medium texture
Flowers & Fruits: Daisy-like, up to 4 inches in diameter, usually red
and yellow; flower color varies widely with varietal selection; fruit an achene
Seasonal Color: Flowers generally in spring and fall
Temperature: Hardy
Light: Partial shade and eastern exposures are best in Phoenix
Soil: Requires soils amended with organic compost for consistent
performance
Watering: Needs regular supplemental
Pruning: Little except to infrequently head back or remove
flower stalks to prevent seed formation.
Propagation: Seed, easily germinates at 68 to 86oF.
Disease and pests: None
Additional comments: Used all over United States as
perennial border accent. Performs better in Tucson than Phoenix and even better
in Arizona upland cities such as Payson and Prescott.
