this is one of those Open Hearth seedlings. it was crossed with a much smaller flower called Little Rainbow. it came out not so big as one and not so little as the other at 4 inches 10 cm. first Little Rainbow and then Rainbow Afterglow…
a north east ohio garden
an ongoing experiment in the dirt, 35 plus years
a north east ohio garden 
They look to be enjoying the limelight.
That sounds like a lead in to a Corona. Thanks Dan