Beautiful, reliable, tall plant that attracts skipper and other butterflies and bees in late summer in Overland Park, KS. I have to stak...Read Moree it a couple of weeks after it re-emergences in the Spring because the rich, clay soil that we have here causes it to flop, especially when it rains. It is very drought resistant in our hot eastern Kansas summers yet cold tolerant in our winters. Requires full sun. I have not found it to be invasive, and have enjoyed it for three years so far.
Josephine, Arlington, TX (Zone 8a) | February 2004 | positive
Ironweed is a lovely plant that will stand upright without staking.
The flowers look like soft brushes and are a beautiful shade o...Read Moref purple.
Butterflies love them.
I did not have to plant this flower, the birds did it for me.
Murfreesboro, TN (Zone 7a) | August 2001 | neutral
Vernonia is a native wildflower with coarse leaves and late-blooming flowers. It works well as a backdrop to other plants. Seeds readil...Read Morey; deadhead to curtail new seedlings.
The species is named for William Baldwin, who is credited with collecting the first plant.
Beautiful, reliable, tall plant that attracts skipper and other butterflies and bees in late summer in Overland Park, KS. I have to stak...Read More
Ironweed is a lovely plant that will stand upright without staking.
The flowers look like soft brushes and are a beautiful shade o...Read More
Vernonia is a native wildflower with coarse leaves and late-blooming flowers. It works well as a backdrop to other plants. Seeds readil...Read More