Physostegia virginiana 'Summer Snow'

#obedientplant

@gjones I grew it in TX, I hated how it took over my garden bed, every spring I was ripping out the long white runner roots, don't think I ever got it all 😣😢

@gjones @treefrog44 yes it is horribly aggressive in wet soil. This plant was under water for two months and it still grew. Only my buttonbush shrub does that. I put it down in the reed grass with the camada goldenrod, germander, fringed loosestrife, and some kind of aster that spreads wildly. I have to say the camada goldenrod is the most aggressive one. I also put it inside the dog fence. I figure my dogs can't kill it no matter how much they trample it down.

@gjones yup. These have been around in my gardens for 25 years. They did not much spread because I had them in a dry spot. When I moved some into the rain garden ohh boy.

Never plant an obedient plant in a rain garden. Two years to take over the garden. Eeck! Atleast they are not to hard to pull out.

Thanks for the warning 👍

@gjones I keep them around because the hummingbirds and sphinx moths like them. Now fringed loosestrife is just as aggressive in wet soil and sun. Atleast they are native.

Beautiful view! 💚

Why is it obedient if its invasive?

@heatherdirtyhands @gjones did you know this grows under water? It was growing in my rain gardens under water for two months straight. It was green and growing taller. I like to put it in with the reed grass by the lake. It is native so I do not get in trouble with the DNR. They have very strict rules about what you can plant and do with wetlands and shorelines. They even wanted me to keep a water hemock plant. The most violent poisonous plant in N America. No thanks, bye bye hemlock.

@gjones @cyndi thank you