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Family plantaginaceae Life cycle perennial Flowers cream with reddish markings (late spring-summer) Light sun-part shade From seed Germinate at room temperature, with exposure to light. detailed seed-starting info below Online sources say this is similar to D. grandiflora. Ours doesn't much resemble its yellower friends, having more of a reddish coloration - halfway towards D. mertonensis, but with quite different, slender-pointy leaves. Ours bloomed for a long time; first along its main stalk, and when that was done on secondary flowering stems shooting outward from the upright. The photo at right was taken in late September, when the final flowers were about to fade away.

In our garden, this plant grows in the following areas: , orchard nursery area

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Seed-starting details for this plant

2008. Seed from '07 trade. Baggy 70F with light (38+%G, 12-23d)
2009. Same seed as above. Baggy 70F with light (6%G, 21-24d)

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