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How to Grow

Water
Medium


Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.

Sunlight
Partial Shade - Full Sun


3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Jun, Jul, Aug
Plant Type
Shrubs, Herb/Forb, Annual, Poisonous
Lifespan
Perennial, Annual
Flower
Brilliant orange-red with yellow flowers in clusters; 5-parted
Fruit
fruit dry and inflated, erect follicle and with many hair-tufted seeds
Benefits
Attracts
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Bees
Moths
Pollinators
Taxonomy
Order
Gentianales
Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Asclepias