
Mistflower
- Botanical Name
- Conoclinium coelestinum
- Min Zone
- 5
- Max Zone
- 10
- Height
- 18 to 36 inches
- Width
- 18 to 36 inches
- Flowers
- Summer into Fall: clusters of blue-violet shaggy disks
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Moist to wet, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- Prefers fertile soils that are not allowed to dry out
- Vigorous grower that spreads by rhizomes and by self-seeding
- Divide in spring
- Works well for naturalizing, especially in wet areas of the landscape
- Attracts butterflies and bees
- Varieties
- Cori - more compact variety, blooms are lighter blue and later than species
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