I started calling the light post this was trained to climb "The Pillar of Flame" in my head. It was so dramatic, and the show lasted for months. The root sprouted much sooner than I expected and grew over six feet high, beginning to bloom in early summer and continuing until early fall. I loved how the flowers started green (and honestly with a flower shaped like that, who needs color?), with the red color slowly infusing the entire bloom until it was a rich, saturated orange-red. This way, each flower lasted a long time, without me feeling the need to deadhead.

I might add I bought these because the pictures I saw online seemed to portray them as a hot pink versus the Rothschildiana's bright red. But they're not pink or pinky at all.

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