- Brilliant crimson red flowers contrast beautifully with purple-red foliage
- Late summer flowering throughout August and September
- Attractive to bees and butterflies
- A highly versatile moisture loving perennial which can be planted at the margins of ponds and streams, in beds and borders, cottage and bog gardens or in containers
- Tolerates damp soils and poor drainage and is resistant to pests and diseases
- RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
- Harmful if eaten /ul>