Frostweed

Plant Name: Frostweed, verbesina birginica an impressive plant that blooms with pretty white flowers in late summer. The tall plants with rough, grayish-green leaves thrive at the edges of moist woods and sunny meadows.

Planting Sites: Frostweed prefers moist, well-drained soil and dappled shade, but is able to tolerate drought conditions.

Planting Instructions: Dig hole slightly larger than, but the same depth as the nursery
container. Carefully remove plant from container and gently loosen any circling roots or compacted soil around the
root ball. Plant at the same depth as the soil in the container. Add 2 to 3 inches of mulch.

Watering Instructions: Once established, very drought-tolerant.

Comments: The clusters of white flowers that appear starting in August and last until November are a welcome sight for Monarch butterflies during their fall migration.  In addition to the Monarch butterfly, you’ll see all sorts of other butterflies, bees, wasps and more visit Frostweed flower heads. Often times, you’ll see several types of pollinators on a single cluster of flowers.

Planting and care instructions provided by the Lindheimer Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas