Flower-planting folks develop a love and hate relationship with Stella Doro. Sure, it needs a degree of coaxing to bloom, especially in the
blisteringly hot weather, but it's still pretty to look at. The yellow blooms, however, die off and leave nothing but the green when the summer-fall season is over. Flower planters confess there are far better perennials out there than the Stella Doro. They'd suggest Mary Todd or Hyperion. This is such a huge injustice on Stella.