Jupiter's Beard (Centranthus ruber)

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Plant Habit:	Herb/Forb
Life cycle:	Perennial
Sun Requirements:	Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences:	Mesic Dry Mesic Dry
Minimum cold hardiness:	Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone:	Zone 8b
Plant Height:	1.5-3 feet
Plant Spread:	1-2 feet
Leaves:	Fragrant
Flowers:	Showy Fragrant
Flower Color:	Pink Purple Red Russet
Bloom Size:	Under 1"
Flower Time:	Spring Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall
Underground structures:	Taproot
Suitable Locations:	Xeriscapic
Uses:	Cut Flower Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant:	Bees Butterflies
Resistances:	Deer Resistant Drought tolerant
Pollinators:	Moths and Butterflies Bees
Miscellaneous:	Tolerates poor soil

Common names

Jupiter's Beard
Red Valerian
Keys to Heaven
Valerian

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Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2018-08-13
#pollination

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Location: Coastal WA 9A
Date: 2023-05-28
Self-seeding. A beautiful weed in my garden.

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Location: Coastal San Diego County
Date: 2019-02-07

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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2013-06-22
- An amazing head of tiny blossoms.

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Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2012-08-06
Rebloom after transplanting in July.

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Location: A garden in B.C. Canada
Date: 2012-06-18

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Location: Heathcote Ontario Canada
Date: July-ugus

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Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2011-05-26

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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-06-03
4:06 pm. This desirable perennial gives a 3 to 4 month period of

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-06-22

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Location: National Botanical Garden (DC) | November 2022
Date: 2022-11-26

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Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2019-02-27

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Location: Home garden
Date: 2012-05-16
Could be weedy, deadhead for more bloom and control.

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Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2009-06-09
with Centranthus alba

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Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar, B.C.
Date: 2016-06-03
4:07 pm. A beautiful long bloomer: this year, May to October.

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Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2015-06-17

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Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2013-09-19

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Location: Yorkville, Illinois zone 5b
Date: April 18, 2020
Keys if Heaven seedling Centranthus ruber

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Courtesy Gardens in the Wood of Grassy Creek

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Location: West Valley City, UT
Date: 2015-06-16

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Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2012-04-09
In my garden

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2010-05-12

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2010-05-11

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: Mid Summer

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Location: In my garden in Kalama, Wa.
Date: 2008-06-01

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Location: Desert Demonstration Garden in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Date: April
photo by Stan Shebs

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Location: Bordine Nursery, Brighton, MI
Date: 2010-08-15

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Location: Pleasant Grove, Utah
Date: 2011-10-18
Blooms from May to October.

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Comments:

Posted by KFredenburg (Black Hills, SD - Zone 5a) on Jun 9, 2020 10:07 AM concerning plant:

Plant red valerian in a perennial border. It is especially valuable for poor, dry locations that will not support other plants. The blossoms are excellent for cutting and add a delightful scent to a bouquet. Blooming May continue until frost.

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Posted by Petal on Aug 25, 2013 11:34 PM concerning plant:

I notice that red Valerian is deer resistant. Do any of the Australian members have experience with it being nonpalatable to kangaroos, or any other plant besides Rosemary that they dislike?

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Plant Events from our members
LlamaLlori	On May 31, 2015	Bloomed Already becoming spent
HamiltonSquare	On October 3, 2015	Obtained plant PPCS donation.
MrsBinWY	On June 2, 2020	Transplanted 4 in center of water-line bed
MrsBinWY	On May 22, 2020	Potted up 4 (big, sturdy plants)
MrsBinWY	On February 11, 2020	Seeds germinated 4 - should have checked these a day or two sooner
MrsBinWY	On February 2, 2020	Seeds sown 4 seeds (all) of a white version from Maggie M.'s 2019G in milk jug @ room temp
lovesblooms	On March 1, 2020	Seeds sown winter sow
antsinmypants	On May 6, 2021	Plant emerged
antsinmypants	On April 27, 2021	Seeds sown In greenhouse

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Centranthus Jupiter's Beard (Centranthus ruber)

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