Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
Plant Height: | 6 - 24 inches |
Plant Spread: | 6 inches |
Leaves: | Other: long thin leaves in whorls around stem |
Fruit: | Showy |
Fruiting Time: | Fall |
Flowers: | Showy |
Flower Color: | White |
Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer Fall |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Suitable Locations: | Xeriscapic |
Uses: | Will Naturalize |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies |
Resistances: | Deer Resistant Rabbit Resistant Drought tolerant |
Toxicity: | Leaves are poisonous Roots are poisonous |
Propagation: Seeds: | Provide light Stratify seeds: 3 months at 40 degrees Suitable for wintersowing |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Pollinators: | Wasps Moths and Butterflies Flies Bees |
Containers: | Not suitable for containers |
Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil |
aspenhill | On May 4, 2012 | Obtained plant DG David (greenthumb99) and Pat (ecnalg) - qty 2 |
Chillybean | On September 15, 2015 | Miscellaneous Event Collected the few seeds. The plants were not well pollinated this year. |
MrsBinWY | On June 7, 2020 | Transplanted 3 behind iron pot |
MrsBinWY | On July 23, 2019 | Potted up 7 on 7-23-2019 |
MrsBinWY | On June 29, 2019 | Seeds germinated 7 way up on 6-29-2019 |
MrsBinWY | On June 29, 2019 | Seeds germinated observed 9 were way up |
MrsBinWY | On December 23, 2018 | Seeds sown WS 16 seeds from ishareflower's commercial seed swap |
MrsBinWY | On January 20, 2018 | Seeds sown WS 12 seeds (all) from Arcadiaseeker (no luck with these) |
Anndixon | On June 11, 2018 | Obtained plant |
DeweyRooter | On April 22, 2023 | Transplanted planted behind shed |
DeweyRooter | On April 12, 2023 | Obtained plant Received plant from Great Garden Plants |
pinetastic | On June 28, 2023 | Bloomed |
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