Physostegia virginiana (Obedient Plant)
grows 3-4 ft. tall
grows in full sun
medium moisture
pink to white flowers from July -Sept.
This is a NATURALIZER. It likes to spread quickly! It may not be suitable for controlled, formal landscapes. it is very good for areas where you want to replace invasive plants with a competitive native species.
beneficial for bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies/moths
*host plant for Endothenia hebesana
elegant cut flower - the blooms can be shaped into desired form and will stay in place (hence, the name “obedient plant”)
natural habitat: stream banks, seeps, riverside prairies and outcrops, disturbed alluvial soils, damp clearings, and ditches
good rain garden plant
grows 3-4 ft. tall
grows in full sun
medium moisture
pink to white flowers from July -Sept.
This is a NATURALIZER. It likes to spread quickly! It may not be suitable for controlled, formal landscapes. it is very good for areas where you want to replace invasive plants with a competitive native species.
beneficial for bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies/moths
*host plant for Endothenia hebesana
elegant cut flower - the blooms can be shaped into desired form and will stay in place (hence, the name “obedient plant”)
natural habitat: stream banks, seeps, riverside prairies and outcrops, disturbed alluvial soils, damp clearings, and ditches
good rain garden plant
grows 3-4 ft. tall
grows in full sun
medium moisture
pink to white flowers from July -Sept.
This is a NATURALIZER. It likes to spread quickly! It may not be suitable for controlled, formal landscapes. it is very good for areas where you want to replace invasive plants with a competitive native species.
beneficial for bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies/moths
*host plant for Endothenia hebesana
elegant cut flower - the blooms can be shaped into desired form and will stay in place (hence, the name “obedient plant”)
natural habitat: stream banks, seeps, riverside prairies and outcrops, disturbed alluvial soils, damp clearings, and ditches
good rain garden plant
