This rhizomatous perennial has a spreading bushy habit with upright unbranched square stems. It has mid-green toothed lanced-shaped leaves and the purplish tube-shaped flowers appear in a upright spike above the foliage from late summer to autumn.

Hardiness zones 2 to 10

Physostegia virginianais naturally found in North America growing in fertile moist soils. It tolerates full sun but the flower colour is more vivid in a semi shade position and is drought tender and frost tolerant.

False Dragonhead is a perennial that is grown for its spreading habit and abundance of flowers. It is planted in herbaceous borders in a cottage gardensor as a specimen in mountain gardens. It is also used in parks and woodlands settings and establishes from division in one season. It can be grown in containers but may require control as it self-seeds and spreads quickly.ID 1606

It has twosyn.names; Dracocephalum virginianumand Physostegia virginica.

Physostegia(fy-so-STEE-gee-ah)virginiana(vir-jin-ee-AH-na)

Lamiaceae(lay-mee-AY-see-ee)
(Labiatae)
Mint Family