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Vernonia x 'Summer Swan Song' - IRONWEED 'SUMMER SWAN SONG'
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VER-SWAN-SONG
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$11.99
Narrow-leaf Ironweed hybrid with dense healthy clumps.
One of the top performers at Chicago Botanic Garden Vernonia trials in 2020, gaining 5 out of 5 stars!
Valuable pollinator magnet with very late and long blooming period! (September, October)
Darker foliage, 1" wide purple flowers, very resistant to mildew and leaf spots.
Adaptable and easy.
Blooming time : early/mid summer fall (in northern Illinois blooms for 5-6 weeks from mid early September to mid October)
Size: 31” tall x 43" wide (5 years old clump)
USDA Zones: 4/5 to 9
Culture: full sun (ideal is 6+ hours of direct sun or more). Adaptable and easy - any soil with some organic matter. Tolerant to heat and humidity, established plants tolerate droughts and drier conditions
Moisture Needs: sligthly moist to average (medium), medium-dry, dry
Origin: Introduced by Chicagoland Grows in 2012 from seedlings - crosspollination made in 2010 of Vernonia lettermannii and Vernonia
angustifolia ‘Plum Peachy’. Similar appearance to 'Summer Surrender', but with smaller clumps. Plant is patented PP28556, unlicensed propagation is prohibited.
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes/yes
Attracts Hummingbirds: yes
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 5" deep pot
Pictures Copyright: US Perennials
Plant Combinations: Adaptable and therefor versatile use plant with firm "shrubby look". For sunny garden (public and private). Can be combined with plants that prefer somewhat drier conditions (and are drought tolerant) = from native choose shorter Agastache, Amsonia, Asclepias tuberosa, Baptisia, Coreopsis, Eryngium juccifolium, Echinacea, Gaura, Liatris, Penstemon digitalis hybrids, Stokesia, Yucca, native grasses like Boutelloa gracilis or B. curtipendula, Muhlenbergia, Sporobolus heterolepis (or non-native Sesleria), Panicum.
And non-native perennials like Achillea, summer blooming Allium, Aquilegia, Aster, Calamintha, Campanula, Eryngium, medium sized and taller hardy Geranium, Iris, Nepeta, Origanum, Paeonia, Perovskia, Platycodon, Salvia, tall Sedum, Stachys, Scabiosa columbaria, Veronica,...
Tolerats more moist sites = can be combined with more moisture loving plants like Iris sibirica, Leucanthemum x superbum, Hemerocallis (daylily), Hibiscus, Monarda, Phlox paniculata hybrids or Phlox carolina hybrids.
Vernonia x 'Summer Swan Song' - IRONWEED 'SUMMER SWAN SONG'
$11.99
Narrow-leaf Ironweed hybrid with dense healthy clumps.
One of the top performers at Chicago Botanic Garden Vernonia trials in 2020, gaining 5 out of 5 stars!
Valuable pollinator magnet with very late and long blooming period! (September, October)
Darker foliage, 1" wide purple flowers, very resistant to mildew and leaf spots.
Adaptable and easy.
Blooming time : early/mid summer fall (in northern Illinois blooms for 5-6 weeks from mid early September to mid October)
Size: 31” tall x 43" wide (5 years old clump)
USDA Zones: 4/5 to 9
Culture: full sun (ideal is 6+ hours of direct sun or more). Adaptable and easy - any soil with some organic matter. Tolerant to heat and humidity, established plants tolerate droughts and drier conditions
Moisture Needs: sligthly moist to average (medium), medium-dry, dry
Origin: Introduced by Chicagoland Grows in 2012 from seedlings - crosspollination made in 2010 of Vernonia lettermannii and Vernonia
angustifolia ‘Plum Peachy’. Similar appearance to 'Summer Surrender', but with smaller clumps. Plant is patented PP28556, unlicensed propagation is prohibited.
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes/yes
Attracts Hummingbirds: yes
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 5" deep pot
Pictures Copyright: US Perennials
Plant Combinations: Adaptable and therefor versatile use plant with firm "shrubby look". For sunny garden (public and private). Can be combined with plants that prefer somewhat drier conditions (and are drought tolerant) = from native choose shorter Agastache, Amsonia, Asclepias tuberosa, Baptisia, Coreopsis, Eryngium juccifolium, Echinacea, Gaura, Liatris, Penstemon digitalis hybrids, Stokesia, Yucca, native grasses like Boutelloa gracilis or B. curtipendula, Muhlenbergia, Sporobolus heterolepis (or non-native Sesleria), Panicum.
And non-native perennials like Achillea, summer blooming Allium, Aquilegia, Aster, Calamintha, Campanula, Eryngium, medium sized and taller hardy Geranium, Iris, Nepeta, Origanum, Paeonia, Perovskia, Platycodon, Salvia, tall Sedum, Stachys, Scabiosa columbaria, Veronica,...
Tolerats more moist sites = can be combined with more moisture loving plants like Iris sibirica, Leucanthemum x superbum, Hemerocallis (daylily), Hibiscus, Monarda, Phlox paniculata hybrids or Phlox carolina hybrids.
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