Physostegia virginiana 'Vivid' WW41 Obedient Plant Y1-
Physostegia virginiana 'Vivid' WW41 Obedient Plant Y1- (obedient plant) Obedient Plant, Mature plant size: 1-2ft., lavender pink, tubular, two-lipped, snapdragon -like flowers , USDA Hardiness Zone 3, Michigan Bloom Week ISO WW35, In Garden Bed Y1 for 14.3 YEARS (3.32). Planted in 2008.
Missouri Botanical Garden: Physostegia virginiana, commonly called obedient plant or false dragonhead, is a rhizomatous perennial that is native to North America from Quebec to Manitoba south to Florida and New Mexico.
Genus name comes from the Greek words physa meaning bladder and stege meaning covering in reference to the calyces which inflate as they develop.
Genus members are commonly called obedient plants because each individual flower will, upon being pushed in any one direction, temporarily remain in the new position as if it were hinged. Genus members are also commonly called false dragonhead because the flowers are suggestive of the flowers of dragonhead (Dracocephalum).
'Vivid' is a compact, erect, clump-forming but rhizomatous perennial which typically grows 1-2' tall on stiff, square stems and features dense spikes of rich pink, tubular, two-lipped, snapdragon-like flowers which bloom throughout the summer. Blooms from bottom to top on each spike. Narrow, lance-shaped, sharp-toothed leaves (to 4" long).
Very agressive plant. Planted in 2008. This one is shorter than most. I cull it back every spring.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2015, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22:
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#Michigan, #49236, #usdaZone6, #Perennial, #Vivid, #Physostegia, #ObediantPlant, #WW41
Physostegia virginiana 'Vivid' WW41 Obedient Plant Y1-
Physostegia virginiana 'Vivid' WW41 Obedient Plant Y1- (obedient plant) Obedient Plant, Mature plant size: 1-2ft., lavender pink, tubular, two-lipped, snapdragon -like flowers , USDA Hardiness Zone 3, Michigan Bloom Week ISO WW35, In Garden Bed Y1 for 14.3 YEARS (3.32). Planted in 2008.
Missouri Botanical Garden: Physostegia virginiana, commonly called obedient plant or false dragonhead, is a rhizomatous perennial that is native to North America from Quebec to Manitoba south to Florida and New Mexico.
Genus name comes from the Greek words physa meaning bladder and stege meaning covering in reference to the calyces which inflate as they develop.
Genus members are commonly called obedient plants because each individual flower will, upon being pushed in any one direction, temporarily remain in the new position as if it were hinged. Genus members are also commonly called false dragonhead because the flowers are suggestive of the flowers of dragonhead (Dracocephalum).
'Vivid' is a compact, erect, clump-forming but rhizomatous perennial which typically grows 1-2' tall on stiff, square stems and features dense spikes of rich pink, tubular, two-lipped, snapdragon-like flowers which bloom throughout the summer. Blooms from bottom to top on each spike. Narrow, lance-shaped, sharp-toothed leaves (to 4" long).
Very agressive plant. Planted in 2008. This one is shorter than most. I cull it back every spring.
Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2015, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22:
www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=50697352%40N00&sort=da...
#Michigan, #49236, #usdaZone6, #Perennial, #Vivid, #Physostegia, #ObediantPlant, #WW41