Verbesina alternifolia
Wingstem
- Moderately Wet to Average Soils
- Sun to Shade
- 4’ to 8’ tall, 24” to 36” spacing -taller in wet settings, spreads to form a patch
- Late Summer to Fall Blooms
- Ontario Native, Thrives Meadow and Wet Meadow Ecosystems and high moisture, open Woodlands
Still new to my gardens, grown from seeds sourced from Prairie Moon Nursery.
https://www.prairiemoon.com/actinomeris-alternifolia-wingstem-prairie-moon-nursery.html
Growing as tall as 8' and with the capacity to spread, this moisture loving species would be a striking companion species for Joe-Pye Weed and Swamp Rosemallow.
Recognized by the Xerces Society as having special value to pollinators because it supports a great diversity of bees and wasps.
Please check out the Prairie Moon listing at the link above for more details.
Photos by Famartin, Cbaile19, BeckyLaboy via Wikimedia Commons