A mint family member, Obedient Plant looks best in an area where it has room to spread. When in bloom, a field of lavender blooms, pulling in hummingbirds, native bees and other pollinators sways in the breeze. I have a bunch of Obedient Plant in my garden, and that's the plant people stop and ask about.
Fun fact: Obedient Plant got its name because when you push a bloom from one side of the stem to the other it stays where you moved it. That's obedient!
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Obedient Plant
$10.00Price
$10.00 per 1 Quart
End-of-Season Sale
We expect this plant to be ready by June
- Latin: Physostegia virginiana
- Pollinator value: Very High
- Height: 4 feet
- Spacing: 1-2 feet
- Light: Full to part sun
- Soil: Medium to wet
- Bloom: Pink and purple, August-September
- Landscape: Moist meadows, along ponds
- Resistance: Deer
- Native range here