PlantsFlowers
Scarlet Avens
Geum coccineum
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
Small orange-red flowers over a green mound
EasyFlowers
- Light
- Full sun–part shade
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 12 in
- Spacing
- 1 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers May–Jul
- How it spreads
- Clump
- What to buy
- A gallon. Borisii is the usual plant.
- When to plant
- Apr–May or Sep
In the design
Front of an east or south bed. Not prairie smoke, which is the native Geum. Shear it after the first flush if you want more flowers.
