slender gerardia
Agalinis tenuifolia
USDA zones2 to 10
SunHandles full sun to partial shade
WaterHandles dry to wet soil
Size12 to 24 inches tall7 to 18 inches wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Herb
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Pink , violet
- Foliage color
- Green, purple/lavender, red/burgundy
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Slender gerardia (Agalinis tenuifolia) is an annual for pollinator gardens, meadows, and woodland edges. This plant likes full sun to part shade and dry to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows 12 to 24 inches tall and 7 to 18 inches wide. Pink to violet flowers open in early to late summer and again in early to late autumn. Butterflies and bees visit the blooms.
Pairs well with Golden tickseed, Red fescue, and Sticky purple geranium.
Native range
AL, AR, CO, CT, and 40 more places. See all 44
AL, AR, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV, WY; MB, NB, ON, and QC.