Unlike the species, this cultivar is good tight clumping plant and not a thug. This is a sport of 'Miss Manners,' but it surprised me by ...Read Moregrowing a good foot taller (more like 40"). Stems were ramrod-vertical and did not need support. Foliage was clean and glossy, no issues with pests or diseases.
Produced lots of flowers in its first season. Makes a good cut flower. The color is an impure pale pinkish-lavenderish color and not a pure pink. The swarms of pollinators didn't seem to care.
For me, it bloomed from late July well into September and not in early summer (Boston Z6a). As the first round of blooms was winding down, I deadheaded spent spikes and got a good second round of bloom.
After a year's growth, this spring new growth emerged in a tight clump. Though I've only had this one year---and it often takes several seasons to judge a garden plant's tendency to spread--- what I've seen so far gives me confidence that this cultivar will not prove to be the thug that the species is.
This cultivar does not produce viable seed.
Physostegia virginiana is highly pH adaptable---anything from pH5 to pH8 will do.
5/23/15 Time has proven this to be a reliable clump-former.
According to Plant Delights Nursery, "Physostegia 'Pink Manners' is a new clumping obedient plant that reaches 3' tall with clusters of l...Read Moreight pink, well-behaved flowers in early summer...slightly taller and with a larger head than Physostegia 'Miss Manners'."
Unlike the species, this cultivar is good tight clumping plant and not a thug. This is a sport of 'Miss Manners,' but it surprised me by ...Read More
According to Plant Delights Nursery, "Physostegia 'Pink Manners' is a new clumping obedient plant that reaches 3' tall with clusters of l...Read More