Chocolate White Snakeroot
$135.00 Original price was: $135.00.$40.50Current price is: $40.50.
1000 in stock
SKU: APLpU53XXn
Category: Perennials
LIGHT: Full sun, Partial sun
WATER: Keep soil moist to wet.
SIZE: Quickly reaches 3 to 4 ft. tall, 3 ft. wide.
| Description | A smaller relative of Joe Pye weed, this selection features strong upright stems of outstanding burgundy leaves for exciting foliage all season. Blooms over many weeks in fall with modest flat-topped snow-white terminal clusters. A valuable butterfly nectar source. Well suited to lightly shaded perennial borders or use as a filler in mixed borders and foundation planting. A selection of a North American native species. Herbaceous perennial. |
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| Bloom Time | Late summer through fall |
| Deciduous/Evergreen | Herbaceous |
| Special Features | Attracts Butterflies, Dramatic Foliage Color, Easy Care, Attracts Pollinators |
| Problems/Solutions | Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Dry Shade |
| Growth Rate | Fast |
| Flower Attributes | Long Bloom Season |
| Landscape Use | Border |
| Design Ideas | Well suited to perennial borders or use as a filler in mixed borders. Combine with other rugged natives and meadow grasses to create an easy-care wildlife garden. |
| Flower Color | White |
| Foliage Color | Burgundy |
| Companion Plants | Goldenrod (Solidago), Inkberry (Ilex), Bee Balm (Monarda), Switchgrass (Panicum), Sneezeweed (Helenium) |
| Care Instructions | Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Remove old flowers to prolong flowering. Cut back to the ground at the end of the season. |
| History | An introduction of the Mt. Cuba Center of Greenville, Delaware. |
| Lore | A native of the woodland areas of the Eastern United States. Native Americans used the roots to create a remedy for snake bites, leading to the common name of snakeroot. Early settlers were unaware of the poisonous properties of the plant, and would occasionally suffer from a poisoning they called milk sickness, caused by ingesting the milk or meat of a cow that had eaten the plant. Abraham Lincoln’s mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, died of milk sickness in 1818. |