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Stachys coccinea 'Hot Spot Coral'

 
Common name Texas betony; scarlet hedge nettle
Family lamiaceae
Life cycle perennial (Z7-10)
Flowers red (spring-summer)
Size 18-24"
Light sun-part shade

Tubular coral-red flowers. Most online sources list the species as hardy only to zone 7; we'll see if it lives through a few winters in our zone 6 garden.

This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away...

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Seed-starting details for this plant

  1. Seed from NARGS '10/'11 exchange. Baggy 70F (31%G, 8d). Not all sprouted seeds developed


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