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Photo by JLBG taken at Juniper Level Botanic Gdn, NC
Eupatorium greggii
Texas Perennial False Ageratum
Item #: 3668
Zones: 7a to 10b
Dormancy: Winter
Height: 24" tall
Origin: United States
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
(aka: Conoclinium greggii) Eupatorium greggii is an amazing, heat-loving Southwest US native (Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas) that should be grown in every garden from Zone 7 south and in containers from Zone 7 north. Resembling a rhizomatous perennial ageratum, Eupatorium greggii begins to flower in July and continues into December. The 2' tall, spreading patch (3' wide in 3 years) of cut-leaf light green foliage is literally smothered in fall with delightful 2" airy clusters of small blue-violet flowers (RHS 92A), butterflies not included. Eupatorium greggii is much better behaved than the more aggressive Eupatorium coelestinum. We would not be without this great easy-to-grow native perennial in the fall garden.
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Other Attributes
Genus: Eupatorium
Flower Color: Purple/Lavender
Leaf Color: Green
Container Role: Fillers
Garden Themes: Cottage Garden Plants , Green Roofs , Living Wall , Southwest Garden Plants
Other: Bog Garden Plants , Butterfly Attracting Plants , Cut Flower Plants , Groundcovers , Pollinator Plants , North American Native Plants , Plants that Attract Birds , Rabbit Resistant Plants , Texas Native Plants , United States Native Plants