Gorgeous deep crimson flower spikes bloom above glossy green foliage that darkens to bronze-purple in cool weather. This heirloom variety has the classic flower shape that gives it its name, for they yawn wide when the base of the floret is gently pinched. 'Black Prince' is a shorter variety that needs no staking-sending up its spires of smoldering velvets at the edge of cottage gardens to mid-border.