This striking herbaceous perennial loves sunny conditions and will tolerate very dry conditions. It will add contrast to most borders and is especially suited to a late flowering planting scheme.
If you plant this in too fertile soil, it will loose its shape. If you want a very compact shape you can prune this plant at the end of May to one, two or three sets of leaves. This will mean later flowering but a more compact shape. You can also prune only some shoots to extend the flowering season.
You can propagate by slicing a new shoot of the side with a bit of the root in Spring. The seeds work too, although they do not always look like the parent plant, which in my experience is exciting. I've had some really weird coloured specimens come through.
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