North Plains, OR (Zone 8a) | October 2010 | positive
Lovely easy care perennial, however, it does spread. My first weeding of the shade garden each spring involves a lot of pulling of volu...Read Morenteers. Happily many people want these, so I pot them up for our local garden club plant sale. In this area, I am confident that, unchecked this plant would take over a large area. Easy to remove volunteers, though, and worth it for the graceful, lovely flowers from fall into winter.
This plant is valuable because it provides a lot of showy, pretty flowers in late summer, in the shade, even dry shade. Therefore I toler...Read Moreate its invasive ways. It takes a fair amount of persistence to keep it under control, and I can only grow it with other vigorous plants, but on the plus side it quickly fills in any gaps that develop.
Atlanta - lovely plant blooms late summer when everything else is looking tired - I use hoops to support the flowers - some spikes reach ...Read Moreover 4' tall!
I find this plant invasive as it spreads by underground runners. I let a couple of colonies bush out and ruthlessly hunt down the new ones. Because this plant is so lovely - has beautiful foliage also - I am willing to do the work of pulling out the babies. But be aware!
Wet conditions in winter can rot plant, well-draining soil is key. Spring plant, fall transplanting can kill the plant. Susceptible to da...Read Moremage from both Japanese and Black Blister beetles. An established plant can be very long-lived, but losses often occur in young plantings.
Lovely easy care perennial, however, it does spread. My first weeding of the shade garden each spring involves a lot of pulling of volu...Read More
This plant is valuable because it provides a lot of showy, pretty flowers in late summer, in the shade, even dry shade. Therefore I toler...Read More
If this plant is sheltered sufficiently from strong winds it will maintain its interesting seedheads all winter.
Atlanta - lovely plant blooms late summer when everything else is looking tired - I use hoops to support the flowers - some spikes reach ...Read More
Wet conditions in winter can rot plant, well-draining soil is key. Spring plant, fall transplanting can kill the plant. Susceptible to da...Read More
Dark purple/black stems and non-stop bloomer from late August through September. Very tidy and non-demanding perennial.
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A real beaut! Likes free draining soil and lots of organic matter. Mulch generously to preserve moisture and maintain cool root system.