{"id":6767,"date":"2015-06-21T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T16:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=6767"},"modified":"2015-01-23T12:10:47","modified_gmt":"2015-01-23T17:10:47","slug":"obedient-plant-for-late-summer-blooming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2015\/06\/21\/obedient-plant-for-late-summer-blooming\/","title":{"rendered":"Obedient Plant For Late Summer Blooming"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Late Summer Blooming Obedient Plant<\/p><\/div>\n

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Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana<\/i>) is native from the Central to Southern U.S. and northern Mexico (USDA hardiness zones 3-9). It is called “obedient plant” because each tubular flower will, upon being pushed in any one direction,\u00a0stays in new position.<\/p>\n

From July to September obedient plant is\u00a0valued for its late season pink or white flowers. Tubular, two-lipped pink flowers in upright terminal spikes (each to 12-18 inches high) bloom throughout summer atop stems rising to 3-4 feet\u00a0high and 1-2 feet wide. Flowers attract numerous pollinating insects.<\/p>\n

Obedient plant tends to seed-in and also spreads prolifically by rhizomes. The leading cultivar is a\u00a0non-spreading form\u00a0appropriately named\u00a0\u2018Miss Manners\u2019; it grows more tidy and is\u00a0better behaved; its snapdragon-like flowers are\u00a0pure white. It selected by Darrell Probst of Garden Visions in Hubbardston, MA. Miss Manners is a shorter grower, 18 inches\u00a0high and 12 inches wide. It has a clumping\u00a0habit, good secondary branching, and will rebloom when deadheaded.\u00a0Foliage is deep green, glossy foliage.<\/p>\n

Obedient plants\u00a0grow best\u00a0in average well-drained soil and in full sun. Plants growing in light shade or in rich, highly fertilized soils\u00a0tend to flop and\u00a0need staking. Prune back plants\u00a0by half in\u00a0late spring to improve branching and minimize\u00a0possibility of floppiness. Plants should be divided every 2-3 years to\u00a0keep beds neat.<\/p>\n

It has no serious disease or pest problems and deer generally avoid it. \u00a0In wet summers rust disease\u00a0may be troublesome. Obedient plant naturalizes freely\u00a0and eventually becomes overcrowded in a wildflower or meadow garden.\u00a0\u00a0It may be sited in\u00a0rain gardens as\u00a0plant tolerates temporary flooding. Flowers are a welcome addition in floral arrangements because flowers\u00a0obediently hold in almost any position you desire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana) is native from the Central to Southern U.S. and northern Mexico (USDA hardiness zones 3-9). It is called “obedient plant” because each tubular flower will, upon being pushed in any one direction,\u00a0stays in new position. From July to September obedient plant is\u00a0valued for its late season pink or white […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,772,707,747,749,605,521,806,665,774,627,1199,625,843,1060,1059,601,777,706,646,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6767"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6767"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7345,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6767\/revisions\/7345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}