General Landscape Uses: Butterfly garden, hedge
Ecological Restoration Notes: Generally not used for restoration in Florida as it is considered a non-native (though naturalized) species.
Description: An upright, multi-stemmed perennial or sub-shrub with rough, ovate, serrated green leaves. It is characterized by long, wiry green spikes that “snake” upward from the foliage.
Dimensions: Height 3 – 5 ft.; Spread 3 – 4 ft.
Growth Rate: Fast
Native Range: Mexico, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean
Native Habitats: Disturbed sites, pastures, forest edges, and roadsides
Soils: Well-drained, sand, loam, limestone
Nutritional Requirements: Low
Salt Water Tolerance: Low
Salt Wind Tolerance: Moderate
Drought Tolerance: High
Light Requirements: Full sun
Flower Color: Deep blue to violet
Flower Characteristics: Tiny, five-petaled flowers that emerge a few at a time along the length of the long green spikes.
Flowering Season: All year
Fruit: Small nutlets hidden within the dried flower spike
Wildlife and Ecology: Extremely attractive to nearly all butterfly species (Monarchs, Zebras, swallowtails) and hummingbirds.
Horticultural Notes: Grown from cuttings, seed
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