Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Indian Pinks for Hummingbirds, 1 by Meredith79

Meredith79 wrote:
I planted two in 2006, one appeared to die, but both came up in 2007. One was only a single stemmed plant. From what I understand they are slow to establish, and do not transplant well, so if they appear to be dead do not disturb them and they will probably come up the next season. They need moist soil so be prepared to supply them with additional water during dry spells. The seeds are very hard to collect, because when the seed pod is ripe they explode open. I tried collecting some before they exploded and I could not find the seeds. I’ve read the best way to collect them is to bag the seed heads. The picture is from my garden this past summer; they bloomed at the end of June for me. Mine are in a good amount of shade, but I’ve heard of some people having luck with them in more sun. However I think this would only be the case if you have a moist sun situation.