Obedient Plant: Showy (Physostegia angustifolia)
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This tall and lovely perennial wildflower displays columns of beautiful blooms for all to see! The delicate flowers are a soft white, dappled with deep rose and maroon spots. Perfect for stream sides, prairies, or your large garden.
Scientific Name: Physostegia angustifolia
Also Known As: Narrow-Leaved Obedient Plant, Narrow False Dragonhead
Ease of Growing: Moderate
Grown as: Perennial
Maturity (Blooms): August to September
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Water: Medium
Soil Moisture: Wet to Medium
Beneficial Insects?: Yes. Attracts Bees & Butterflies and Hummingbirds, as well as resisting deer.
Containers?: Yes.
Height: 30-60”
Spacing: 15-24”
Sow Depth: 1/4"
USDA Zone: 3a-9b
Produces: soft white delicate flowers, dappled with deep rose and maroon spots.
Also Known As: Narrow-Leaved Obedient Plant, Narrow False Dragonhead
Ease of Growing: Moderate
Grown as: Perennial
Maturity (Blooms): August to September
Light: Full Sun to Part Shade
Water: Medium
Soil Moisture: Wet to Medium
Beneficial Insects?: Yes. Attracts Bees & Butterflies and Hummingbirds, as well as resisting deer.
Containers?: Yes.
Height: 30-60”
Spacing: 15-24”
Sow Depth: 1/4"
USDA Zone: 3a-9b
Produces: soft white delicate flowers, dappled with deep rose and maroon spots.
Start seeds indoors or outside greenhouse. For best chances of germination use a heat mat or warm location inside the house. Keep the soil temperature for most perennials at 70-80 degrees F. Place plants in a sunny location such as a South facing window or greenhouse. Artificial light works as well.
Obedient plants are easily established and very drought tolerant, forgiving plants. Although they prefer a moist, slightly acidic soil (5.5 - 6.3 pH), they’ll grow just fine in average - poor soil and spreading will be less of a problem. Transplant outdoors before the last frost or at the beginning of autumn. Spacing 12 to 24 inches
Don’t fertilizer your obedient plants, unless they show signs of nutrient deficiencies.
Don’t fertilizer your obedient plants, unless they show signs of nutrient deficiencies.
The biggest maintenance chore is keeping obedient plant from rampant spreading. Although the plants pull out easily enough, they seem to pop up everywhere. If you’re tempted to wait and let them flower, be sure to get out there before they go to seed.
Long season gardeners can get a second flush of blooms if you deadhead the first flowers. This will also cut down on the self-seeding.
Wait until spring to cut back old foliage. Leave it on the plants to act as a protective winter mulch.
Long season gardeners can get a second flush of blooms if you deadhead the first flowers. This will also cut down on the self-seeding.
Wait until spring to cut back old foliage. Leave it on the plants to act as a protective winter mulch.
Cut to ground after bloom; divide every two years to keep plants in bounds.
Allow seedheads to dry on plants; remove and collect seeds.
Yarrow, Balloon Flower, & Cape Fuchsia.
Suggested Varieties
Yarrow: Red (Achillea millefolium rubra)
$1.00 - $5.60
Native to Southern Europe, yarrow has been a traditional part of herb gardens for hundreds of years because of its fragrant foliage and cheerful, long lasting flowers. Yarrow can often be found in fields, along roads, or on rocky hillsides. Linnaeus named it for Greek general Achilles, who according to legend received yarrow as a gift from the gods; the general’s soldiers used yarrow to stanch the flow of their blood in the battlefields of the Trojan War. In the early days of the American prairies, Native American tribes such as the Pawnee, Cherokee, and Chippewa used common yarrow to relieve pain and headaches, reduce fever, and induce sleep. When taken internally as a tea, yarrow purifies the system and has anti-inflammatory benefits. Cosmetic preparations sometimes include yarrow because of its cleansing, refreshing effect. Medicinal use of yarrow is not recommended for expectant mothers.
Yarrow: White (Achillea millefolium)
$1.00 - $5.60
Native to Southern Europe, yarrow has been a traditional part of herb gardens for hundreds of years because of its fragrant foliage and cheerful, long lasting flowers. Yarrow can often be found in fields, along roads, or on rocky hillsides. Linnaeus named it for Greek general Achilles, who according to legend received yarrow as a gift from the gods; the general’s soldiers used yarrow to stanch the flow of their blood in the battlefields of the Trojan War. In the early days of the American prairies, Native American tribes such as the Pawnee, Cherokee, and Chippewa used common yarrow to relieve pain and headaches, reduce fever, and induce sleep. When taken internally as a tea, yarrow purifies the system and has anti-inflammatory benefits. Cosmetic preparations sometimes include yarrow because of its cleansing, refreshing effect. Medicinal use of yarrow is not recommended for expectant mothers.