Beautiful hardy plant, Looks like a taller version of ageratum, blooms in late summer and fall til frost in wet soil or dry
West Texas Mist flower
Is that this or something else? http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/625/ I had that one at my other house but couldn't think of the name of it.
yes, and I just love it.........would you like me to send you a clump?
i think it's "other" name is eupatorium greggii. if someone knows different would you please tell me. and jackie i love this plant too as do the butterflies. barb
This is the North Carolina version. The birds planted it for me.
Yes, mam u r absolutely correct...........doncha just love how it will grow and thrive under any conditions...........
I look forward to it each year. It starts late summer and goes until after frost and it spreads, so it makes more and more of the more dead fall garden beautiful longer.
yes, I have given my friends starts, and it never fails, dig it in the middle of a heat wave or a flood........always works
Eupatorium Coelestinum loves to grow along my river banks in late summer and so does the Cardinal flower, of which I really like.
A closer lookie. Sorry the Cardinal flower took center stage, I only took two pictures of them and red is a favorite color of mine, lol.
Bill
now that foliage is different. is that one as hardy as the e. greggii?
i went back and looked at everyone's pictures. the one i have has different foliage. looks more like fern foliage.
and..........mine is blooming now. this one doesn't bloom till late summer/fall, is that right?
mine is blooming now as well...but there are 2 different kinds.......I do native plants in my gardens mostly, but my girlfriend down the road had a landscaper put her gardens in and she has a mistflower on which the foliage is different .........the bloom is the same and it is blooming now
Mamajack, I believe Eupatorium coelestinum is hardy in zones 6 through 10, quite possibly in Zone 5 as well.
so the coelestinum is MORE hardy than the greggii? jackie i don't know if i have anything you would like. i do have this tall white ruellia if you don't have that. i would like to have some of this plant if you have any left.
yes.I have been looking for a white
i will get some of these out to you on mon. and thanks for trading jackie. barb
I have no idea which I have. The nursery people only told me that it was called "Mist Flower". It doesn't bloom until at least August or September.
That red cardinal flower is a lovely color contrast.
This message was edited Jun 23, 2006 9:09 PM
barb....both mistflowers, the wild and the domestic are on the way