Conoclinium coelestinum - blue mistflower

Height: 1.5’ to 3’
Spread: 1.5’ to 3’
Light Needs: full sun to part shade
Water: average to moist
Flower color: blue
Bloom time: August to October

This member of the aster family produces large numbers of rounded heads of blue disk flowers with long stamens. The plant spreads by rhizomes and, in a moist site, it can spread rapidly. Because of its spreading habit, this may not be a plant for the formal garden. It looks great in the wildflower garden with the various yellow daisies and goldenrods that flower at the same time. It can help with erosion control along the edges of waterways. Butterflies and other insect pollinators are attracted to the flowers. Birds eat the seeds. It is often listed as deer resistant but deer may nibble at the growing tips and flower buds.