Veronicastrum virginicum - culver's root

Height: to 6'
Width: 3' +
Light Needs: full sun to part sun
Water: average to moist
Flower color: white (rarely pink)
Bloom time: late March into summer

This clumping wildflower has upright to ascending, leafy stalks that are topped by long spikes of small white flowers. In nature, it grows in moist prairies and woodlands. It is suitable for a small garden, where it makes a dramatic accent, or for naturalizing in a meadow or woodland edge. The flowers attracts butterflies, bees and other insect pollinators. It is resistant to deer damage.