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ughbred racehorse reaching 4 feet tall with ease, laughing all the way at drought, endless rain and every other climate variation along the Mississippi that summer can throw at you. Truffula Pink will be just like that, but at only half the height. You’ll have the same vibrant color, the same plethora of pollinators and a ton of flowers that seem to be floating on air.

Fireworks is not only tall but has the ability to go wide too, in fact up to 4 feet. This large plant produces scores of flowers that seem never ceasing; no other gomphrena can produce as many. I kept expecting to need to deadhead or remove spent flowers, but it never happened.

Truffula Pink will be like that except it will again reach only half that in width at 26-28 inches, Gardeners will not only delight in its beauty and size but will relish the fact that it too is well-suited to cutting and using in a vase. It can also be used as a dried flower.

Truffula Pink needs full sun and fertile well-drained soil to really perform to its capability. Letting these great plants sit in wet soggy soil will be a crime. You will want to space your plants 20 to 36 inches apart and apply a good layer of mulch after planting. It is a great plant for mass planting.

Try partnering with blue blooms of Salvia farinacea like Victoria Blue, Cathedral Deep Blue or the taller Mystic Spires Blue. It will also be incredible with Amistad salvia or Black & Bloom for a hummingbird, butterfly and bee habitat.

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