Growth Habit: intermediate (4 feet high x 3 feet wide)
USDA Zone: 7b
Exposure: filtered to full sun
Growing Conditions: evenly moist, well drained acidic soils
Color Catagory: red
Bloom Time: April
Comments: One-inch, narrow, tubular flowers appear along the branches in between leaf clusters and can be brick red to scarlet-crimson, with distinctive protruding stamens and anthers. Leaves are puckery on top with sparse hairs on the edges. A casual observer might think this is a penstemon.