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