Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Partial or Dappled Shade Partial Shade to Full Shade |
Water Preferences: | Wet Wet Mesic Mesic |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 9b |
Plant Height: | 80-120 cm |
Plant Spread: | 40-50 cm |
Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
Flower Color: | Pink White |
Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Uses: | Medicinal Herb Cut Flower Dried Flower |
Edible Parts: | Leaves Roots Flowers |
Eating Methods: | Tea Cooked |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees |
Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Needs specific temperature: Sow at max.5 C° for 6 weeks, move to 15° C°. for germination Depth to plant seed: cover the seeds very thin Suitable for wintersowing Sow in situ Can handle transplanting Other info: germination is erratic |
Pollinators: | Self Beetles Flies Bees |
lovesblooms | On February 24, 2018 | Seeds sown winter sown |