Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's Root)

Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum)

Height, Spread: 3-6 ft, 2-4 ft

Water/Soil: Average-occasionally wet, well-draining, clay, loam, sand

Light: Full sun-part shade

Bloom: Spring-summer, spikes of small white-pale lavender flowers

Native Range: Eastern & central USA

Qualities: Attractive to pollinators, Deer-resistant

Notes: Perennial wildflower commonly found in moist meadows or prairies. A great plant for attracting bees such as honeybees, mason bees, green metallic bees, masked bees, and long and short-tongued bees. It also attracts butterflies, moths, sphecid wasps, and syrphid flies. It is best used in a naturalized meadow, prairie, or in a native or pollinator garden.