Undoubtedly one of the world39s loveliest annuals slender spikes of shell like rose pink flowers spring from a mound of small glossy dark green leaves at the back of the flower are two short spurs and the throat is tinged with purple and marked with a yellow spot easy to raise it thrives in ordinary garden soil and flowers and flowers33 superb for sunny borders and excellent in containers flowers early summer to first frosts height 30cm 4012in41