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• Other features: dried seed-heads are useful for flower arrangements

A single flowered cultivar that forms big bold and brassy bowl-shaped flowers that will stand out like glowing beacons in the early summer garden. Each glorious orangey-red petal is deeply fringed and has a crumpled texture as well as a dark red splotch at its base. These are centred around a boss of deep purple-black stamens. Very dramatic - and needless to say this will be a star of a 'hot' themed border when mixed with other reds, yellows and oranges.

• Garden care: Cut back to ground level after flowering. Lift and divide large clumps in autumn.