Hyssopleafed Boneset (ON HOLD)
Hyssopleafed Boneset (ON HOLD)
Hyssopleafed Boneset ( Eupatorium hyssopifolium) is a stalky perennial with thin neatly arranged leaves that are evenly spaced and a cloudlike flowerhead of tiny white florets that bloom in in Autumn. Hyssopleafed Bonesets are self fertile and tolerant of dry and slightly wet soils that are well drained and sandy or post-industrial and poor in nutrients. This plant grows on edges of woods and in medians or meadows and enjoys partial to full sun. Attractive to pollinators.
CONDITIONS
Hyssopleafed Boneset thrives in full sun but can live with partial shade and is tolerant of salt, industrial byproduct, and dry poor, well packed soils with mineralic material and sand. It can grow with moisture as long as the soil is well drained. This plant is found in pine barrens, openings in woodlands, as well as roadsides. It can tolerate poor conditions where other plants cannot.
BENEFITS
Hyssopleafed Boneset grows in symmetrical patterns and includes white blossoms that float clsoe to the ground in the dark . It spreads by seeda nd rhizome alike. The blooms last late into fall and can brighten an area.
CARE
You will receive a plant with several sets of leaves and stalks and root system of approximately 8 inches. Plant with space of 10-18inches apart in full sun to partial sun and water upon planting and in following weeks water very sparingly if its not raining. You may want to add some aeration of sand or rocks in the surrounding soil. Make sure the boneset is not outcrowded by taller plants.
Perennial plants typically spend the first year of growth establishing their root system and storing up energy. Blooming plants the first year can occasionally happen for some species, but it is more the exception than the rule. Most often during the first year you will just see vegetative growth. and see flowering in later years.
This plant pairs well with rabbit tobacco, liatris, and butterfly milkweed.