Shrub: Drought & clay tolerant. Deer & gopher resistant. The Humdinger series blms a few weeks earlier and is short in stature. Brilliant gold foliage w/contrasting cone-like -m" long magenta prpe flowers. The flowers will deepen to blue-purple with age. Attracts bees, butterflies & hummingbirds. Nice cut flower. Blooms: summer-fall. Size: 2.5-3' x 3.5-4’. Exp.: sun/part shade. Water: mod. USDA Z5. PP#28,152