Mai Tai avens
Geum quellyon 'Mai Tai'
USDA zones5 to 7
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size15 to 18 inches tall12 to 15 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Mounding
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Vermilion-red fading to peach and pink
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Mai Tai' avens (Geum quellyon 'Mai Tai') is a perennial for borders, cottage gardens, rock gardens, and containers. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or chalky soil. Its vermilion-red blooms fade to peach and pink in spring and again in summer, and butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees visit them. Deer and rabbits usually look elsewhere for a meal. The mounding plant stays 15 to 18 inches tall.
Pairs well with Karl Foerster feather reed grass, Golden Tiara hosta, and Purple Coneflower coneflower.