Light Requirements: full sun/part shade
Soil Moisture: medium wet/medium
Bloom Color: purple
Bloom Time: July-September
Height: 6-8 ft.
Root Structure: short thick rhizomes and fibrous roots
Deer Resistant? yes
Black Walnut tolerant? Yes
Grown from local seed? No
NY Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis)
From $6.00Sale Price
I’m a native of New York state.
I attract butterflies and bees. Native bees overwinter in my hollow stems
Birds like my seeds.
My common name likely comes from “iron-like” plant qualities like tough stems and rusty colored seed clusters. (MO Botanical Garden)
I like to live in moist areas and along stream banks
I get really tall, but you can cut me back in late spring to keep me from getting too tall in your garden.