Patrinia villosa - WHITE PATRINIA
Valuable late and long blooming perennial - meets in bloom with Asters, Solidagos or Anemone japonica.
Small white flowers in clusters. Spreads into wide clump, in good conditions can self-seed.
Pollinator magnet. Adaptable and tolerant to heat and humidity.
Potent plant used in Tradicoional Chinese medice (TCM), young shoot are edible, and used for tea (Korea).
Anti-inflammatory, detoxifying and abscess-reducing properties.
Blooming time: late summer to early fall - August/September
Size: 2.5-3' tall x 2-3' wide clumps
USDA zones: 4b/5 to 8
Culture: full sun, half, half shade to light shape (or dappled shade/open shade). Average soil with some organic matter, organic rich soils, loamy soils, somewhat drained. Likes slightly moist soils, but avoid waterlogged soil.
Moisture Needs: medium to medium-moist, tolerant to heat and humidity
Origin: East Asia, including China (from Taiwan to the west), Japan, and Korea, where can be found on sunny to partially shaded slopes, scrubby thickets, forest margins, often in mountainous regions
Black Walnut Tolerant: most likely yes
Deer/rabbit resistant: yes/yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: pollinator magnet - variety of bees and butterflies
Attracts Hummingbirds: occasionally
Pot size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Plant combinations: For pollinator garden, naturalistic gardens, cottage gardens, woodland edge gardens. Good companions can be summer blooming Alchemilla, Allium, Amsonia, Anemone japonica, Aquilegia, Asters, Baptisia, Brunnera, Chelone, Digitalis purpurea, Hosta, Epimedium, Echinacea purpurea (closer to the species), Eupatorium, many hardy Geraniums, Geum, Hemerocallis, Helianthus divaricatus, Helianthus decapetalus, Iris (Iris sibirica, I. pseudata, I. versicolor, I.x lousiana), Ligulara, Lilium, Lobelias, Lysimachias, Monarda clinopodia, Paeonia, Persicaria, Phlox paniculata and hybrids, Physostegia, Polemonium, Polygonatum, Rudbeckia, Spigelia, Stachys officinalis ad hybrids, Sanguisorba, many Solidago, Tradescantia, Verbena bonariensis, Veronicastrum, and grasses like Calamagrostis, Hakonechloa, Molinias, Panicum, Pennisetum, and Carex (sedges).
Pot size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Pictures copyright: Qwert1234, Commons Wikimedia
Patrinia villosa - WHITE PATRINIA
Valuable late and long blooming perennial - meets in bloom with Asters, Solidagos or Anemone japonica.
Small white flowers in clusters. Spreads into wide clump, in good conditions can self-seed.
Pollinator magnet. Adaptable and tolerant to heat and humidity.
Potent plant used in Tradicoional Chinese medice (TCM), young shoot are edible, and used for tea (Korea).
Anti-inflammatory, detoxifying and abscess-reducing properties.
Blooming time: late summer to early fall - August/September
Size: 2.5-3' tall x 2-3' wide clumps
USDA zones: 4b/5 to 8
Culture: full sun, half, half shade to light shape (or dappled shade/open shade). Average soil with some organic matter, organic rich soils, loamy soils, somewhat drained. Likes slightly moist soils, but avoid waterlogged soil.
Moisture Needs: medium to medium-moist, tolerant to heat and humidity
Origin: East Asia, including China (from Taiwan to the west), Japan, and Korea, where can be found on sunny to partially shaded slopes, scrubby thickets, forest margins, often in mountainous regions
Black Walnut Tolerant: most likely yes
Deer/rabbit resistant: yes/yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: pollinator magnet - variety of bees and butterflies
Attracts Hummingbirds: occasionally
Pot size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Plant combinations: For pollinator garden, naturalistic gardens, cottage gardens, woodland edge gardens. Good companions can be summer blooming Alchemilla, Allium, Amsonia, Anemone japonica, Aquilegia, Asters, Baptisia, Brunnera, Chelone, Digitalis purpurea, Hosta, Epimedium, Echinacea purpurea (closer to the species), Eupatorium, many hardy Geraniums, Geum, Hemerocallis, Helianthus divaricatus, Helianthus decapetalus, Iris (Iris sibirica, I. pseudata, I. versicolor, I.x lousiana), Ligulara, Lilium, Lobelias, Lysimachias, Monarda clinopodia, Paeonia, Persicaria, Phlox paniculata and hybrids, Physostegia, Polemonium, Polygonatum, Rudbeckia, Spigelia, Stachys officinalis ad hybrids, Sanguisorba, many Solidago, Tradescantia, Verbena bonariensis, Veronicastrum, and grasses like Calamagrostis, Hakonechloa, Molinias, Panicum, Pennisetum, and Carex (sedges).
Pot size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Pictures copyright: Qwert1234, Commons Wikimedia