FoliageObedient Plant
Physostegia virginiana
Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana) is a fast-growing perennial, hardy in USDA zones 3-9, that matures to about 3-4 ft × 2-3 ft. It does best in full sun with medium water needs in well-drained, moist and occasionally-wet soil. Expect pink, purple and white blooms in summer and fall. It attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds, grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 3-9
- Sun
- Full sun
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 3-4 ft × 2-3 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-wet
- Bloom color
- Pink, Purple, White
- Bloom season
- Summer, Fall
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Pollinators
- Native to
- North America
In the landscape
Data sources
Freeze survival
Will it survive your winters?
Hardiness zones show a normal bad winter. We check the worst one — Obedient Plant is hardy to about -40°F (estimated from USDA zone 3), so we'll score it against the real coldest nights your area has actually had.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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