My pond floods my pasture in spring and it usually drops 8’ every summer. I wonder if this would live in a foot of water for about a month before the water level dropped. False Fiddleleaf and wooly croton thrive in my pasture in those flooding conditions. Even under 3’ of water in spring. I’d like to plant more flowering plants in that area for my beehives. Pollinators go crazy for False Fiddleleaf. More than any other wildflower I’ve ever seen.
Vernonia gigantea is an excellent plant when used toward the back of a border. Even when not in bloom, it gives excellent vertical structure to the garden.
They are large and fast growing like a weed or roadside 'wildflower' where they are found often times. The purple blooms are very pretty and look attractive for flower fields and cottage garden designs has they have lots of foliage pairing with the pretty blooms.
Really great for some color in the landscape. One of my favorites to plant for a little pop of purple
This hardy perennial is considered a herb. The roots are edible and can help in digestion.
I've used this plant in flower bouquets, it adds a great pop of purple and nice foliage
This plant is often seen as a weed but can be a powerful element in a garden if maintained.
In the wild it is often seen in spots subjected to periodic flooding.
My pond floods my pasture in spring and it usually drops 8’ every summer. I wonder if this would live in a foot of water for about a month before the water level dropped. False Fiddleleaf and wooly croton thrive in my pasture in those flooding conditions. Even under 3’ of water in spring. I’d like to plant more flowering plants in that area for my beehives. Pollinators go crazy for False Fiddleleaf. More than any other wildflower I’ve ever seen.
There are around 1000 species of Veronia with relatively few species being utilized in gardens.
The term "naturalize" means that the plant is informally planted, made to look as if it naturally happened that way.
Giant Iron Weed is a herbaceous perennials and it looks like it had longer not very textured leaves.
The colorful blooms attract plenty of butterflies and other pollinators.
One of the tallest ironweeds reaching up to heights of 10ft.
Vernonia gigantea is an excellent plant when used toward the back of a border. Even when not in bloom, it gives excellent vertical structure to the garden.
This plant can become weedy pretty quickly, make sure you keep it in check
I loved the color as soon as I saw it
This can be a late season food for butterflies.
Flowers have fluffy, dense, rose-purple disks.
This plant can commonly be found in overgrazed pastures.
Likes full sun and grows well in moist or in drought conditions.
Would be great in a rain garden
the flowers consist of 30 or fewer blooms on each flower head
This plant is a huge pollinator plant to native bees.
VerNOnia...don't forget the middle N
In the fall, flowers are followed but purple seed clusters
This plant is useful for a border because of its height.
They are large and fast growing like a weed or roadside 'wildflower' where they are found often times. The purple blooms are very pretty and look attractive for flower fields and cottage garden designs has they have lots of foliage pairing with the pretty blooms.
This plant can tolerate periodic flooding.
the plant's blooms are cyme inflorescence
I will remember that this plant is different than Veronia lettermanii because it is Giant (gigantea)!