| Description | Given the proper site and care, this can be a great addition to the garden. A captivating spring blooming plant for the woodland garden. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Wild Flowers |
| Hardiness Zone | at least cold hardy to #5 |
| Sunlight | full, semi-shade |
| Moisture | average to dry |
| Soil & Site | normal, humus rich, dry, ph 4.5-6 |
| Flowers | white to pale pink (lilac), one flower stalk per plant getting around a foot tall, 6-30 nodding 1" flowers forming a umbel, 5 backward-curved petals, the yellow pointed center of the flower is made up of fused stamens, this forces the insects to force their tongues (it they have one) up between the stamens to get the nectar, starts blooming 2-3 week in June |
| Leaves | basal rosette of toothless lance-shaped leaves with round tips, foliage will disappear by early to mid-summer |
| Dimensions | 1' tall by 8-12" spread |
| Maintenance | Don't cut the plant back until you are sure all of the seeds have dropped. This will allow for more plants to grow from the seeds. |
| Propagation | I have found the best way to do this is let Mother Nature do all the work. As mentioned in maintenance section I let the seed fall to the ground and the young plants will occur next year. Learn how to recognize the young plants so that they don't get pulled as weeds. This is a slow process but it has worked for me. Can also be divided or grown form seeds. The seeds are very fine and it takes a long period of time before they can be handled. |
| Native Site | From Texas, the Ozarks and northern Georgia to Pennsylvania, south to Michigan and southern Minnesota, southeastern third of Wisconsin |
| Notes & Reference | #09-The Prairie Garden (J. Robert Smith with Beatrice Smith),#13-Growing Woodland Plants (Birdseye), #41-Wildflowers of Wisconsin (Stan Teikiela), Prairie Nursery Catalog |
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