Obedient plant

Obedient plant is named for the way flowers that are moved to a new position on the stem stay in place, much to the delight of children.

It produces showy, unusual flower spikes with little tubular flowers in white, pink, or purple. They're excellent as cut flowers. Square stems carry pairs of mid-green (sometimes variegated), lance-shaped foliage, toothed along the edges. Obedient plant tolerates most soils, but tends to become aggressive when given ample water and full sun. It tolerates most soils.

Light:

Sun,Part Sun

Zones:

2-8

Plant Type:

Perennial

Plant Height:

1-2 feet tall, depending on variety

Plant Width:

1-2 feet wide, depending on variety

Flower Color:

White, pink, lavender flowers, depending on variety; variegated Leaves, depending on variety

Bloom Time:

Blooms midsummer to fall

Landscape Uses:

Containers,Beds & Borders

Special Features:

Flowers,Attractive Foliage,Cut Flowers,Attracts Butterflies,Tolerates Wet Soil,Deer Resistant,Easy to Grow

Top Varieties

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Vivid obedient plant

(Physostegia virginiana 'Vivid') grows 1-2 feet tall, with strong spikes of vivid purplish pink tubular flowers from midsummer to fall. The square stems carry 5-inch toothed leaves. Zones 2-8.
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Garden Plans

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Four Gorgeous Bulb and Perennial Gardens
Long-Blooming Rock Garden Plan

Plant It With

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Shasta daisy

Flat white Shasta daisy flowers contrast well with erect spikes of obedient plant in sunny gardens.

Daylily

In tones of pink and purple, trumpet-flowered daylilies provide a good foil for pink, white, or purple obedient plant. They enjoy similar conditions.

Helenium

Bright yellow and bronze helenium flowers contrast well with the tubular flowers of white forms of obedient plant, in sun or light shade.

Artemisia

The fine-textured silver leaves of Powis Castle artemisia serve to cool down hot magenta obedient plant in full sun.

Propagation

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Seed
Division