
Boneset
- Botanical Name
- Eupatorium perfoliatum
- Min Zone
- 3
- Max Zone
- 8
- Height
- 3 to 6 feet
- Width
- 3 to 4 feet
- Flowers
- Late summer: white, flat-topped fuzzy clusters
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Medium to wet
- Planting & Care
- Plant needs constant, consistent moisture to prevent scorched leaves
- Does well in wet soils along streams and ponds or in rain gardens
- Does well in sand or clay soil
- Attractive to bees and other beneficial insects
- Problems
- Scorched leaves when grown in dry soil
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