Physostegia virginiana Provenance:Prairie Moon Nursery - MN Lance Leaf Violet bears delicate

Lance Leaf Violet bears delicate white blooms in late spring and early summer

swamp milkweed contributes a delicate scent as well as beautiful clumping rose-pink flowers lasting from midsummer through fall

Calico Aster grows from 2-4 feet and attracts mining bees because of short nectar tubes

This graceful plant produces masses of small star shaped

birds flock to them as seed centers

Physostegia virginiana Provenance:Prairie Moon Nursery - MN Lance Leaf Violet bears delicateA member of the mint family, Physostegia Virginiana offers quickly spreading, pale pink flowering towers (about 4 tall) that blossom in late summer into late fall. Called Obedient Plant because the individual flowers can be moved around the stem and remain in that position, these plants are a rich source of nectar, preparing pollinators for approaching winter.