This full sun to shade loving bi-annual is
treated like a perennial because it reseeds itself. Its height can be anywhere
from 2 to 4 feet depending on the species. And, depending on the species, the
blooming time is between June and September, with the bulk of it in June.
Being that it has this heart
regulating component built into it deer instinctively leave it alone. In their
little deer brains they must know that eating this will pound their hearts
right out of their already nervous little chests.
Keep them watered during the dry
summer months if the rainfall has not exceeded an inch a week. They are healthy
feeders so a compost dressing, or some garden fertilizer in the spring will
keep them in the pink, or red, or purple,
white, and yellow, whatever flower color you may have chosen.
Once past its flowering prime, removing
the central flower stalk will cause the plant to produce side growth flower
stalks; not as showy as the center one you removed, but quite flowery non-the-less.
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