Annual: The Black Velvet series have very unusual bright flowers over dark foliage. Large, lobed leaves are smoky-black to chocolate edged w/ crisp green. Masses of bowl-shaped blooms during summer. Good window box, bed, border, pot & cut flower plant. Attracts hummingbirds. Upright, mounding growth habit. Blm color: bt scarlet red. Height: 10-14". Width: 14-18". Exp.: sun/part shade. Water: moderate/dry.