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Indian Pink is quietly spectacular, growing in naturally open wood edges and along streams. This perennial is easy to grow and is rated as a “Top 10 Hummingbird Plant.” Foliage is glossy green all season.
May 28, 2024 · Indian pink, an easy-to-grow and often underappreciated wildflower native to the southeastern United States, deserves a place in more shaded yards. Gardeners love it for its predictable show of flowers in late spring every year.
Apr 29, 2022 · Indian pink is a clump-forming perennial that reaches mature heights of 12 to 18 inches (31-46 cm.). The emerald-green foliage provides delightful contrast to the vivid red flowers, which appear in late spring and early summer.
Features. Here’s a fun looking, native flower for full sun to shade gardens. The bright red tubular flowers have yellow insides and are held atop the bright green foliage. Attracts: Hummingbirds. Native to North America.
Aug 1, 2024 · Indian Pink is an absolutely stunning native flower that thrives in shade or part-shade gardens. Its stunning flowers are hummingbird favorites and they stay open and beautiful for a long bloom time: from spring to early summer.
Spigelia marilandica (spu-GEEL-ee-ah, mar-i-LAND-ih-ka), also called Indian pink, belongs to the Loganiaceae family. It is an herbaceous perennial and is native to the Southeastern United States, widely found in Missouri along stream banks and moist woods.
A charming woodland plant, Spigelia marilandica (Indian Pink) is a clump-forming perennial with glossy green, broadly lance-shaped leaves borne on stiff erect stems. In early summer, clusters of upward facing, trumpet-shaped, deep-red to scarlet flowers, 2 in. long (5 cm), are on display.
Indian Pink has arcing flower spikes lined with jewel-like buds which elongate and flare in a cascade of stunning ruby blossoms. Five petals burst open to reveal vibrant yellow centers in each bloom, with a pollen-laden style soaring above them.
Indian pink (Spigelia marilandica, Zones 5–9), also called pinkroot, blooms all across the Southern Plains in late spring and early summer. Perhaps one of our showiest native perennials, Indian pink produces scores of vivid red and yellow blooms in late spring right after the ephemerals have finished blooming.
Indian Pink is a herbaceous perennial that may grow 2 to 3 feet tall. The leaves are opposite with an entire margin. Red and yellow flowers first appear in late spring.
