![]() ![]() ![]() Tags: #purple #showy flowers #full sun tolerant #rain garden #fall flowers #purple flowers #native perennials #nectar plant #low maintenance #cottage garden #pond margins #specialized bees #moist soil #fire medium flammability #summer flowers #naturalizes #hairy leaves #pollinator plant #native wildflower #wildflower garden #flowers midsummer #food source fall #NC Native Pollinator Plant #flowers late summer #border back #food source nectar #food source pollen #Coastal FACW #Piedmont Mountains FACW #wet soils tolerant #food source hard mast fruit #butterfly friendly #nectar plant midsummer #nectar plant late summer #nectar plant early fall #flowers early fall #partial shade tolerant #bee friendly #Audubon #NC Wildflower of the Year #perennial #stormwater garden #wildlife friendly #meadow See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: This plant was selected as the 2004 NC Wildflower of the Year, a program managed by the North Carolina Botanical Garden with some financial support from the Garden Club of North Carolina. It is attractive if blooming occurs at different heights, so prune to different heights for this effect. If a shorter plant is desired, prune it back in spring to about 2 feet. Use in a rain garden, cottage garden, meadow, along streams or ponds or the back of the border. Ironweed prefers rich moist acidic soils but will grow in average moist to wet soils in full sun. This low maintenance wildflower naturalizes easily and is adaptable to garden conditions. It may grow 5 to 8 feet tall with deep purple flowers that appear in clusters from mid-summer to mid-fall on strong stems. Ironweed is an herbaceous native perennial wildflower in the Aster family and is found in all areas of NC. Phonetic Spelling ver-NOH-nee-ah no-vee-bor-ah-SEN-sis Description ![]()
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