Cinquefoil Melton Fire

Cinquefoil Melton Fire
Very large flowered and spreading hardy perennial with rich bicolored strawberry-red and lemon blooms. An almost perpetually flowering hybrid, it will produce a brilliant early summer show and then go on flowering until the fall. Recommended. Flowers summer. Height 12 inches. Height: 18 inches; Type/hardiness: Hardy Herbaceous Perennial; Prefers sun or part shade; Flowers: Late Spring; Zones: 5,6,7,8,9 [Zone: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
Sowing:
Sow spring to mid summer in a good free draining seed compost just covering the seed with compost. Germination can take from 14-30 days at 65-70F. Seed sown early will often produce flowers the same season.
Growing:
Transplant the seedlings when large enough to handle into 3 inch pots. Move to a coldframe or plunge the pots up to their rims in a sheltered site outdoors and plant out in the fall 15 inches apart in ordinary well drained garden soil in full sun.