Stachys coccinea 'Hot Spot Coral'

This southwestern US native (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas) is surprisingly adaptable to most soils with the exception of poorly drained wet clay. This Arizona selection from High Country Gardens makes a wonderful 18" tall x 3' wide mound of small, nepeta-like, grey-green leaves, topped from mid-spring through early summer with hundreds of bright coral-red, tubular flowers on 20" bloom stalks...a hummingbird's dream come true. Stachys coccinea 'Hot Spot Coral' is one of those plants that is much hardier than the books would lead us to believe...important safety tip...never let plants read books. Visitors to the garden are always oohing and aahing over the never-before seen perennial...now it can be yours too!