the large flowers grow up to 1.5 in long, and are a vivid orange-red, held in a 1.5 in yellow-green calyx tinged with purple glands. they grow abundantly in tightly spaced whorls on 8–12 in long inflorescences. it blooms in late winter and early spring, with hard annual pruning (down to leaf nodes near the ground) recommended after blooming. the plant will grow back to 6 ft in one season.