Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana) Plants

This member of the mint family grows in clumps up to four feet tall and blooms midsummer to early fall with dense clusters of pale pink to rosy purple blossoms. It prefers full sun to part shade and moist to wet acidic soil, making it perfect for garden borders and moist woodland edges. This deer-resistant perennial attracts bees, hummingbirds, and sphinx moths, adding beauty and biodiversity to any garden.

Native to: Maine

Growing conditions: Sun to part shade, wet to average soil.

Natural habitat: Woodland edges, moist meadows, thickets, seeps and moist roadside or railroad right-of-ways.

Grows up to: 10-24"

Blooms: Late-spring

Pairs well with: Joe pye weed (Eutochium maculatum)

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