| Description | A large native perennial grows best in moist sites. Venusta is a cultivar with darker flowers |
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| Pronunciation | (fil-i-PEN-du-la) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4 |
| Sunlight | full sun, part sun |
| Moisture | preferrs moist, can burn if allowed to get to dry |
| Soil & Site | average, moist |
| Flowers | large fluffy pink plumes |
| Leaves | large, jagged, alternate compound leaves, whitish below |
| Dimensions | 4-5 feet, 2 feet spread |
| Maintenance | Plants are large and need to be cut using shears after the foliage dies in the fall. |
| Propagation | very easy by division |
| Native Site | eastern United States |
| Cultivar Origin | The species plant (F. rubra) has been used in American gardens since 1806. Used |
| Misc Facts | Used medicinally by Native Americans and early European settlers to help with arthritis, fevers and skin ailments. The genus name from filium "a thread" and pendulus "to hang". |
| Author's Notes | I have used this plant in several gardens and the secrete to success is moist soil. I have grown it in a wet area in full sun and it grew like a weed. Reaching over 7 feet tall. In another garden dry with full sun and the plant gets crispy leaves and half the height. |
| Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage), #36-Encyclopedia of Perennials (Christopher Woods),#40-Herbaceous Ornamental Plants (Steven Stills), #108-Restoring American Gardens (Denise Wiles Adams) |
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