GARDENING | PLANT ID
Obedient Plant for a Cutting Garden
CREATING SPIRES AND SPIKES FOR SUMMER FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS
The common names for this plant are obedient plant or fall obedient plant, false dragonhead, and Virginia lions-heart. It is easy to grow and is adaptable to many hardiness zones.
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Grapevine Botanical Garden, Grapevine, TX
Obedient Plant | Physostegia virginiana |
My Grandmother referred to the fall flowering obedient plant as 'Steps to Heaven'. I can't find that name elsewhere so it must be a local colloquialism.
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| Obedient Plant | Physostegia virginiana |
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| Obedient Plant | Physostegia virginiana |
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| Obedient Plant | Physostegia virginiana |
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| Obedient Plant | Physostegia virginiana Growing amidst Lily of the valley, underneath a Ginkgo tree, in a western exposure and dappled shade is Steps to Heaven (Physostegia virginiana).
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