Light Requirements: full sun/part shade
Soil Moisture: medium wet/medium
Bloom Color: pink, purple
Bloom Time: August-October
Height: 5-8 ft.
Deer Resistant? yes
Black Walnut tolerant? Yes
Local Ecotype Available? No
Tall Ironweed (Vernonia gigantea)
$5.00Price
I’m a native of New York state.
I attract butterflies and bees and am a late season nectar source.
Birds like my seeds.
I spread by rhizomes and will form colonies
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.