Details
Emerges
May
Seed collection
Flowers
August, September
White
October
Height
30
-
60
cm
Lifecycle
Perennial
Width
-
40
cm
Habit
Forbs
Upright
Rhizomatous
Spreading
Herbaceous
Ecology
Supports
Bees
Butterflies & Moths
Providing
Larval host plant
Pollen source
Nectar source
Profuse, white, daisylike flower heads with yellow centers appear from late summer to mid-fall.
Habitat
Typically found in
slopes / banks, prairie
In the Garden
Growing Conditions
Moisture
Average
Light
Full sun
Soil
Average garden soil
Propagation
Via
Seeds
Division
Sowing Recommendations
Fall planting
Landscape
Use for:
Rock garden
Naturalization
Border
Growing Tips
Plant in full sun in moist to dry, well-drained sandy to loamy or rocky soil. Once established the plant is drought-tolerant.
Spreads by rhizomes to form colonies, or will self-seed.
Description
Attractive to butterlies, the plant is a compact, bushy perennial with numerous branched stems of sprays of tiny star-like white flowers.