Plants bear many beautiful speckle-throated flowers in an array of colors atop leafy stems. If spikes are cut before going to seed a second bloom is often obtained. Old-fashioned garden plant with fully double blooms in shades of crimson, rose, pink, yellow and white. Plants normally need no winter protection and bloom the next June or July. Grown mostly for the round, flat silvery seed pods that are produced the second year from sowing.
Flowers are purple and white and prefer a sunny location.
A free flowering biennial that blooms very early. Compact plants produce large beautiful flowers in a wide range of rich colors. Prefer rich moist soil and tolerate partial shade. Pinks bloom first year from seed if started early. Their double flowers on strong stems, in a rich variety of colors are especially attractive.