I have just germinated seeds of this, great to see that it
isnt a namby pamby greggii..

It didn't persist more than a couple of years for me - a cold wet February/March a couple of years ago took it out. It looks great with the Agave.

I have this S.greggii Lipstick for 6 years, persisted down to 0 degree lots of shade until the Palo Verde it lived under died. Same 0 degree that the S. greggii survived. Now in dappled shade really well drained soil. Still in bloom today 7 Dec.

And now the question, I see your centers have a lot more white, does this look like the true cultivar.

This post was edited by desertsage on Fri, Dec 7, 12 at 12:40

The red and white coloring is changeable on the plant, sometimes more white and sometimes more red. I think it may be temperature sensitive, but I'm not sure.

I love the brilliant color in its flowers.