Open pollinated.
Perennial to Zone 4. One of the best and most underrated native nectar plants for pollinators. Dainty burgundy-red 1/4" flowers shaped like wee honey pots attract an impressive diversity of bees, wasps and even hummingbirds.
With an early start you will see blooms on short stalks the first year; by year two plants will have shot up 5' or taller, with sturdy loose flower spikes blooming July on until frost. Spent flowers mature to spherical green seed pods. Despite their height these airy plants could easily be missed in the landscape, but the flower spikes make a snazzy filler in cutflower arrangements.
Figwort gained popularity among beekeepers in the 1880s when word spread of the abundant nectar produced in a small footprint, and acres were planted to feed honeybees.
Prefers full sun but can handle considerable shade. May self sow. Surface sow seeds after a month or two of cold stratification.
Native to eastern North America.
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