Miss Manners obedient plant
Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners'
USDA zones3 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to wet soil
Size2 to 2.5 feet tallup to 2.5 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- White
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Miss Manners' obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana 'Miss Manners') is a perennial for borders, cut flower gardens, and rain gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Deer tend to browse other plants first. It forms a clump that grows quickly to 24 to 30 inches tall, with white blooms from summer into autumn. Butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, and birds visit the flowers.
Pairs well with Spotted joe-pye weed, Standing Ovation little bluestem, and Royal fern.