Lavender Obedient Plant (Physostegia Virginiana) – 1 Gallon Pot

Other Common Names: False Dragonhead

USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 3a-9b  Find Your Zone 

Plant Type:  Herbaceous Perennial 

Flower Color: Lavender Pink

Flower Size: 6-8″ tall flower spikes

Flowering Period:  Late Summer to Early Fall

Flower Type:  Single, packed on vertical spikes

Fragrant Flowers:  No

Foliage Color:  Green

Fragrant Foliage:  No

Berries:  No

Berry Color:  No

Attracts:  Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Beneficial Pollinators, Visual Attention

Resistances:  Deer, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rabbit

In case you’re wondering why the name “Obedient Plant,” it’s because you can move a flower with your fingers and it will stay in that position…in other words, this is a plant whose flowers will obey your command!:-)

The Lavender Obedient Plant is a robust and easy-to-grow North American native perennial plant that grows almost anywhere; from Quebec to Florida to New Mexico! Upright plants clothed in lance-shaped, finely toothed leaves spread by rhizomes to form an attractive and colorful plant in the garden. From early to late summer upright spikes bearing very pretty, snapdragon-like, two-lipped flowers come that the butterflies, hummingbirds and beneficial pollinators will immensely appreciate and thank you for. The flowers are excellent for cutting and display in flower arrangements. 

Growing 3 to 4 feet tall and spreading 2 feet or more, Obedient Plant is ideal for use in the middle of the border in perennial and cut flower gardens or along paths and walkways. A fine addition to butterfly gardens, pollinator gardens, cottage gardens, and prairie, meadow and wildflower gardens.

Obedient Plant is very easy to grow in a moist but well drained soil of average to low fertility and full to mostly sun. Some light shade is tolerated but we suggest at least 6 hours of direct sunlight for best flowering and overall performance. Removal of spent flower spikes after the first bloom cycle may encourage rebloom.

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