Scarlet Hedge Nettle. Stachys coccinea, Mint Family: ( Lamiaceae ), Scarlet Hedge Nettle. Also called: Scarlet Hedgenettle, Seven-up Plant, Texas Betony, Texas Woundwort. We wish to thank Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for some of the information on this page. We share images and information with Wikipedia. This is becoming a very popular evergreen, perennial, landscaping plant in arizona. It is native to Texas into Arizona, north to Colorado and south into Mexico. Hummingbirds are attracted to it. Stachys coccinea in now found in many Hummingbird gardens. It is very heat and cold tolerant, and disease and insect free. It withstands Arizona's hot, dry climate and yet it is hardy to 17 F degrees. The reason it is becoming so popular is that once started, it does not take a lot of water and it blooms almost constantly except during extreme cold. It performs well in sun or partial shade. Give it plenty of room because it branches into a beautiful mound which can override other plants. Quick Notes: Height: Growing to about 2 feet tall and 3 feet wide. It is known to grow to 3 foot tall and 5 foot wide under good growing conditions. Flowers: The flowers are red, tubular, to about 2" long. The upper lip of the flower is two-lobed and the lower lip is three-lobed. The yellow anthers have white tips. They are sympetalous, zygomorphic. Stalk: Several, erect or ascending, glabrous to thinly arachnoid-tomentose with fine non-septate trichomes and/or villous with septate trichomes, sometimes � glabrate; branches 0�many, ascending. Flowering Time: Mid March - October. Fruit: The fruit is an achene with a bristly pappus 0.6 to 0.8 inch long. Seeds: The seed has tufts of tiny hair, or pappus, which can carry them far by wind. Leaves: leaves are 2 - 3 inches long, ovate to almost triangular, bright green, and wrinkled, the leaves and stems are covered in soft white hairs. Found: Texas to Arizona, north to Colorado and south into Mexico. At altitudes of 3,000 - 6,500 feet. Hardiness: USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 �C (-15 �F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 �C (-10 �F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 �C (-5 �F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 �C (0 �F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 �C (5 �F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 �C (10 �F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 �C (15 �F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 �C (20 �F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 �C (25 �F) Soil pH requirements: 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral) 7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline) 7.9 to 8.5 (alkaline) Sun Exposure: Full Sun Elevation: 0 - 6,500 Feet. Habitat: Alkaline, well-drained/light soils. Native of Arizona, Texas, Colorado, and Mexico from Baja California Sur, Mexico to Nicaragua. Miscellaneous: Flowering Photos Taken: Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Superior, Arizona. May 13, 2008. An ideal landscape plant in Arizona.

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