$15.00
4 for
A suckering deciduous shrub that grows 2-4′ tall with a slightly larger spread. Perfect for rain gardens or wet areas but can grow in regular garden soil or compacted areas. Tiny pink to rose to rose-purple flowers in dense, narrow, steeple-shaped, terminal spikes (to 4-8″ long) bloom from top to bottom from mid-summer to early autumn. Elliptic to ovate, medium to dark green leaves (to 3” long) with coarse marginal teeth are tapered at both ends and densely tomentose (yellowish-brown hairs) beneath. Native to wet meadows, wet pastures, boggy areas, marshes, fields, and lake margins from Nova Scotia to Ontario south to Kansas, Louisiana and Georgia.
Size: 12-18″ bare root seedling
On Dr. RJ Gegear list of plants for at risk insects as a pollen source for native bumblebees. Supports numerous native birds, butterflies, and bees. Also called hardhack or rosy meadowsweet.
Photo Credit: thanks to Dan Wilder https://norcrosswildlife.org/
Out of stock
Related products
-
$24.00
3 forAdd to Cart Button TextPink flowers bloom atop strong stems, 2-4' tall with long narrow leaves. Flowers bloom in June through October. Interesting seedpods in fall; fun for kids… -
Pussy willow (Salix discolor)
$25.00
5 for$25.00
5 forAdd to Cart Button TextFavorite sign of spring, the fuzzy catkins of pussy willow appear before leaves in late winter. Flowers are yellow stamens with green styles that bloom… -
$15.00
5 forAdd to Cart Button TextSemi-aquatic native shrub is one of the latest to leaf out in spring. It has distinctive balls, or buttons, about the size of a gumball,… -
American Plum (Prunus americana)
$15.00
3 for$15.00
3 forAdd to Cart Button TextKeystone plant provides food and habitat for numerous species. Flowers from May to June. Fruit from August to October. Edible, small fruit better for cooking…
