Flower Specifications
- Season: Perennial
- USDA Zones: 3 - 9
- Height: 24 - 30 inches
- Bloom Season: Pink
- Bloom Color: Summer
- Environment: Full sun to partial shade
- Soil Type: Well-drained, pH 5.8 - 7.0
- Deer Resistant: Yes
Planting Directions
- Temperature: 70F
- Average Germ Time: 21 - 42 days
- Light Required: Yes
- Depth: Seeds must be covered thinly, no more than the thickness of the seed
- Sowing Rate: 3 - 4 seeds per plant
- Moisture: Keep seed constantly moist
- Plant Spacing: 18 - 24 inches
- Care & Maintenance: See: Obedient Plant
Obedient Plant (Physostegia Virginiana Pink) - A native flower to the eastern United States, the Obedient Plant is wonderful for a naturalized landscape setting or for the formal garden. Obedient Plant is also known as False Dragonhead, and it is a compact, erect, clump-forming perennial which typically grows 24 - 30 inches tall. It has stiff, square stems and produces dense spikes of rich pink, snapdragon-like flowers which bloom in mid summer. The individual snapdragon-like flowers can be pushed up, down, or to the side and they'll stay in that position, hence the name "Obedient Plant."
Obedient Plant flower seed is easily grown in average, medium wet, well-drained soil in full sun. A recommended method of sowing Obedient Plant flower seed is to sow the seed in the fall, after several frosts have occurred. The seed will lie dormant on the ground until spring temperatures warm. Sow the seed in groups of 3 - 4 spaced 18 - 24 inches apart. Thin to the strongest plant. Divide Obedient Plants every 2 - 3 years to control the rhizomatous root system (spreading). Deadhead to encourage more blooms and also to slow down the reseeding. Obedient Plants make a great cut flower.
