Tall meadow rue is a good background plant for the woodland garden. It is grown often for its attractive foliage. Attractive to butterflies such as the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail due to its nectar-rich flowers. The cream-colored flowers have numerous, showy, thread-like stamens. It also serves as a larval host plant for several species of moth, providing essential food and shelter. Deer resistant.
Native to Maine
Part sun to shade
Wet to medium soils
Grows 3-7 feet tall
Blooms June to August
Herbaceous perennial
Seed provenance: Maine ecotype (wild collect in South Bristol) & Northeast Seed Collective Massachusetts ecotype (grown out in MA)
Tall meadow rue is a good background plant for the woodland garden. It is grown often for its attractive foliage. Attractive to butterflies such as the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail due to its nectar-rich flowers. The cream-colored flowers have numerous, showy, thread-like stamens. It also serves as a larval host plant for several species of moth, providing essential food and shelter. Deer resistant.
Native to Maine
Part sun to shade
Wet to medium soils
Grows 3-7 feet tall
Blooms June to August
Herbaceous perennial
Seed provenance: Maine ecotype (wild collect in South Bristol) & Northeast Seed Collective Massachusetts ecotype (grown out in MA)
