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Form: Succulent
Seasonality: Evergreen
Size: 2-3ft, spread to 4ft wide
Leaves: Long narrow blades (like rolled grass), arching
form, curly threads along edge of blade margins
Flowers: Inverted bell-shape held on tall stalk; red to
pink; flowers 1.25in long, stalks to 8ft tall on mature plants; long blooming
period (early summer through fall)
Fruit: distinctive ping-pong ball sized capsule with
multiple chambers; flat black seed
Stems/Trunks: n/a
Range/Origin: Texas Rio-Grande area, northern Mexico
Hardiness: Sunset Zones; 2b,3, 7-16, 29-24, 12°F
Comments:
Low litter, no thorns
CULTURAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Exposure:
Full sun
- Water:
Low
- Soil:
Tolerant, well drained
- Propagation:
Seed, clump division
- Maintenance:
Minimal; removal of spent flower stalks
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