I had this for many years, although it never made a large plant it was a wonderful sight to see the deep red blooms trailing down a bank. I had it planted near the top of a shallow bank, it trailed down but the base became woody. It didn't seem to respond well to hard cutting back, it had a few dead stems which I cut out in spring, leaving any stems which had growth. Eventually it stopped growing well, this may have been due to moles undermining the roots! It died after a hard winter but I'm not sure if the winter was wholly responsible, I had permanent mole trouble in the area of the roots so the moles could be more to blame.

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