Plant Min Zone: 3a
Plant Max Zone: 8a
Sunlight: All Day Full Sun, Full Sun, Part Sun
Water / Rainfall: Low, Average, High, Very High
Soil Quality: Poor, Average, Rich
Bloom Season: Summer
Flower Color: Pink
Berry / Fruit Color: None
Spring Foliage Color: Green
Summer Foliage Color: Green
Fall Foliage Color: Green
Evergreen Foliage: No
Winter Interest: No
Scented Flowers: No
Drought Tolerance: Medium
Wet-Feet Tolerance: High
Humidity Tolerance: High
Wind Tolerance: Medium, High
Poor Soil Tolerance: Clay Soils, Rocky Soils, Shallow Soils
Height: 2' - 3'
Width: 2' - 4'
Growth Rate: Fast
Service Life: Long: 5-10 years
Maintenance Need: Medium
Spreading Potential: Medium
Yearly Trimming Tips: Trim Perennial to Ground Around First Fall Freeze: No Winter Interest.
Plant Grouping Size: Small Grouping of 3-5
Best Side of House: South Exposure, West Exposure, East Exposure
Extreme Planting Locations: Tolerates Periods of Standing Water, Base of Retaining Wall Locations, Top of Retaining Wall Locations
Ornamental Features: Long Blooming Season, Multiple Seasons of Interest
Special Landscape Uses: Naturalizing
Possible Pest Problems: Deer
Plant Limitations: Needs Regular Irrigation
>>>>>This plant can also be used as a marginal aquatic plant growing in shallow water. It can also grow as a bog plant needing constantly moist soil rich in organic matter. As a rain garden plant, it will thrive is a depressed area in the landscape that collects rain water from a roof during spring and summer periods of rain but then go dormant if the water hole dries out completely.