Filipendula rubra - QUEEN OF THE PRAIRIE
Robust prairie perennial, with compound leaves (up to 2’) that stay at the base and long un-brached stems with fluffed heads of pink flowers. This plant is suitable for medium to bigger gardens/areas.
Looks stunning in wet (or at least medium wet) meadows, rain gardens, tall wet prairies, in cottage gardens, large flower beds, at streams or ponds. Easy to grow plant and good cut flower. It does need some room, because it will spread by rhizomes (not aggressively). Flowers are fragrant.
Good native planting companions for could be - Asclepias incarnata, Aster (umbellatus, puniceus), Boltonia, Eupatorium (maculatum, purpureum), Hibiscus (moscheutos, laevis, palustris), Lobelia, Iris (virginica, versicolor, louisiana), Physostegia, Parthenium or Silphium perfoliatum,. It can also be successfully grown in medium-moist conditions with Phlox paniculata, Aster novi-belgii, Aster novae-angliae, Rudbeckia, or non-native perennials like Persicaria amplexicaulis, Hemerocallis, Geranium.
Picture copyright : Bruce Marlin, Commons Wikipedia
Blooming time : July-August
Size : 6’ high x up to 3 ‘ wide, most of the leaves stays at the ground
USDA zones : 3 to 8
Culture: full sun, half shade, moist to wet soil, clay, loam, average garden soil
Moisture Needs : medium, medium-moist, moist
Origin: native wildflower to states from Pennsylvania to Georgia and west to Iowa and Missouri
Deer/rabbit resistant : yes/yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators : yes
Attracts Hummingbirds : no
Pot Size : square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot (1.22 pt/580 ml)
Filipendula rubra - QUEEN OF THE PRAIRIE
Robust prairie perennial, with compound leaves (up to 2’) that stay at the base and long un-brached stems with fluffed heads of pink flowers. This plant is suitable for medium to bigger gardens/areas.
Looks stunning in wet (or at least medium wet) meadows, rain gardens, tall wet prairies, in cottage gardens, large flower beds, at streams or ponds. Easy to grow plant and good cut flower. It does need some room, because it will spread by rhizomes (not aggressively). Flowers are fragrant.
Good native planting companions for could be - Asclepias incarnata, Aster (umbellatus, puniceus), Boltonia, Eupatorium (maculatum, purpureum), Hibiscus (moscheutos, laevis, palustris), Lobelia, Iris (virginica, versicolor, louisiana), Physostegia, Parthenium or Silphium perfoliatum,. It can also be successfully grown in medium-moist conditions with Phlox paniculata, Aster novi-belgii, Aster novae-angliae, Rudbeckia, or non-native perennials like Persicaria amplexicaulis, Hemerocallis, Geranium.
Picture copyright : Bruce Marlin, Commons Wikipedia
Blooming time : July-August
Size : 6’ high x up to 3 ‘ wide, most of the leaves stays at the ground
USDA zones : 3 to 8
Culture: full sun, half shade, moist to wet soil, clay, loam, average garden soil
Moisture Needs : medium, medium-moist, moist
Origin: native wildflower to states from Pennsylvania to Georgia and west to Iowa and Missouri
Deer/rabbit resistant : yes/yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators : yes
Attracts Hummingbirds : no
Pot Size : square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot (1.22 pt/580 ml)