The 2-inch flowers of Cupid's Dart are highly unusual; they look as if the ends of the petals have been clipped with pinking shears. The flowers bloom atop 2-foot wiry stalks in mid- to late summer and occasionally later, and are excellent for cutting and in dried winter bouquets. The low, attractive clumps of foliage, with leaves 8 to 12 inches long, make the plants particularly suitable for use at the front of a border.
Cupid's Dart does well in Zones 4-10 in almost any soil, but requires full sun and excellent drainage--especially in winter. Space plants 8 to 10 inches apart. Start new plants of named varieties from divisions of clumps in spring or from root cuttings taken in the fall to blossom the following year. Other Cupid's Darts may also be grown from seeds sown early in spring to produce flowers in summer, but seed-grown flowers vary greatly in color and many are unattractively pale.
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5/25/00. The only seedling to make it out of 9 planted.
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6/16/00. I think it's going to make it now.
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7/1/00. Growing well.
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7/23/00. Grown quite a bit in three weeks.
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8/6/00. Growing well.
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8/21/00. Planted in new street bed. A few days before, quite a few of the outer leaves dried up--for no apparent reason--but it hasn't seemed to hurt the plant much.
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2/8/01. Despite the deer eating this off to the ground, we've got new growth.
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