About This

• Welcome another lovely color to the Starship family of shade- and wind-tolerant, compact, long-blooming Lobelias! Deep Rose combines nearly black stems with big, wide-open, butterfly-shaped blooms of dark pink. The effect is so eye-catching over a long, late season of bloom.
• Deep Rose is, like its sister Scarlet, a hummingbird magnet. Beginning its bloom in midsummer and continuing right into mid-fall in most climates, it brings you a longer season of winged visitors, which is a real boon in gardens where "summer" can go through October!
• Also, Starship Deep Rose is simply more floriferous than most others, with a columnar habit that packs a lot of color into very little garden space. Although Starship Scarlet is 20 to 24 inches high in bloom, it's seldom more than 8 inches wide. Very effective in small gardens and tight spaces!
• You can count on this Lobelia to thrive in moist soil, but it also tolerates dry conditions, especially after it's had a season or two to establish in the garden. A good choice for containers, its straight up-and-down habit complements all the mounding and trailing varieties out there today. And the combination of black and dark pink is so unusual, it makes a striking stand-alone.
• Starship Deep Rose is easy to grow from our pelleted seed. Sow indoors 6-8 weeks before planting out, and do not plant out until nighttime temperatures are reliably 60 degrees F or warmer. This Lobelia starts later than many, but finishes long past others, too!

Overview

• Indoor/Outdoor Usage : Indoor
• Brand : Park Seed
• Color : Deep Rose
• Expected Blooming Period : Summer
• Sunlight Exposure : Full Sun
• Unit Count : 20.0 Count
• Expected Planting Period : Spring
• Product Care Instructions : Moist Soil
• USDA Hardiness Zone : 6
• Soil Type : Sandy Soil