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Apocynum cannabinum - INDIAN HEMP (DOGBANE)
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APO-CAN-X
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This wild perennial spreads quite aggressively by rhizomes and bears white flowers. All parts of the plant are poisonous to people, dogs, cats and livestock.
This plant is actually very showy and reminds of milkweed (it also oozes a toxic white sap when cut). It flowers for a long time and the nice yellow foliage color in the fall is a bonus. Although the blooms are not very showy, they are rich in nectar and very attractive to pollinators.
The stems are fibrous and were once used to make rope. Native Americans valued its healing properties and used the berries and root in weak teas for heart ailments, to induce sweating and vomiting and as a wash to prevent hair loss. It was also used to improve sluggish bowels, liver disease, indigestion, rheumatism and syphilis.
The best use is to let it spread and naturalize in bigger areas like road sides or slopes, clearings in open woods, butterfly gardens, native plant gardens or wild gardens.
Picture copyright : US Perennials nursery
Blooming Time: May - August
Size: 3-4' tall x 2.5' wide
USDA Zones: 4 to 9
Culture: adaptable to soil types, including clay, that are medium-wet to medium-dry, but prefers soil with some drainage (ideally sandy or rocky)
Moisture Needs: dry to medium
Origin: native to most of USA and Canada (USDA distribution map)
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: This excellent pollinator plant is very attractive to monarchs and other butterflies, and attracts many kinds of insects, native bees (cuckoo bees, Halictid bees, plasterer bees, masked bees), Sphecid wasps, Syrphid flies, bee flies, Tachinid flies, Calliphorid flies, butterflies (incl. Monarchs), skippers, and beetles. The larvae of several moths feed on dogbane.
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: 3.5" x 5" deep pot
Apocynum cannabinum - INDIAN HEMP (DOGBANE)
$6.99
This wild perennial spreads quite aggressively by rhizomes and bears white flowers. All parts of the plant are poisonous to people, dogs, cats and livestock.
This plant is actually very showy and reminds of milkweed (it also oozes a toxic white sap when cut). It flowers for a long time and the nice yellow foliage color in the fall is a bonus. Although the blooms are not very showy, they are rich in nectar and very attractive to pollinators.
The stems are fibrous and were once used to make rope. Native Americans valued its healing properties and used the berries and root in weak teas for heart ailments, to induce sweating and vomiting and as a wash to prevent hair loss. It was also used to improve sluggish bowels, liver disease, indigestion, rheumatism and syphilis.
The best use is to let it spread and naturalize in bigger areas like road sides or slopes, clearings in open woods, butterfly gardens, native plant gardens or wild gardens.
Picture copyright : US Perennials nursery
Blooming Time: May - August
Size: 3-4' tall x 2.5' wide
USDA Zones: 4 to 9
Culture: adaptable to soil types, including clay, that are medium-wet to medium-dry, but prefers soil with some drainage (ideally sandy or rocky)
Moisture Needs: dry to medium
Origin: native to most of USA and Canada (USDA distribution map)
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: This excellent pollinator plant is very attractive to monarchs and other butterflies, and attracts many kinds of insects, native bees (cuckoo bees, Halictid bees, plasterer bees, masked bees), Sphecid wasps, Syrphid flies, bee flies, Tachinid flies, Calliphorid flies, butterflies (incl. Monarchs), skippers, and beetles. The larvae of several moths feed on dogbane.
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: 3.5" x 5" deep pot
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