Vermillionaire or Verity

Vermillionaire

I swapped out the David Verity cuphea I had planted in the white bowl centered in the circle garden. 

It got winter zapped with the cold and sleet and rain the first week of May and was struggling a bit.

It would have come back I think, but I didn't want to baby it and I found a nice full Vermillionaire cuphea at Newman's. 

So I put that in instead. 

It's a smaller, lower profile cuphea. It is not as tall or upright, and probably a better choice to fill the bowl. 

Vermillionaire is described as very flowery but lower than David Verity and sprawly. The David Verity I grew in vase shaped containers or an urn was more upright branched, taller, and with a narrow base.

David Verity in different pots, different years

I did love the elegant shape and fresh clean colors of David Verity. Will I like Vermillionaire as well?

Vermillionaire in a small pot inside the urn

I actually tried Vermillionaire once in 2022 in a very small pot inside the brown urn on the front portal, but abandoned it. 

It seemed the wrong shape -- I wanted something to drape down over the urn. And it was in too small a pot, and probably in too much shade.

How will this new attempt at Vermillionaire do in the wide bowl in full sun?

When I took out the struggling David Verity, I put it in the spot in the lower flagstones where the ill fated ironwood saplings never grew. I moved the peacock -- I tucked that into the plants along the fence, where it blends in with a pop of interest rather than being a focal point out in the flagstones.