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Genus: P

Pachysandra: Alleghany pachysandra; Japanese pachysandra
Panicum: switch-grass
Parthenium: wild quinine
Parthenocissus: Virginia creeper; woodbine
Passiflora: passionflower; Maypop; apricot vine
Paxistima: cliff green; mountain lover
Peltandra: arrow-arum; tuckahoe
Pennisetum: Chinese pennisetum
Penstemon: St. Joseph's wand; pine-leaved penstemon
Petasites: fuki; sweet coltsfoot
Phalaris: ribbon grass
Philadelphus: mock orange
Phlox: phlox; flowering moss; ground pink; wild sweet William
Phragmites: variegated common reed grass
Phyllostachys: bamboo
Physostegia: obedient plant
Pleioblastus: bamboo
Podophyllum: Mayapple; wild lemon
Polemonium: Greek valerian; Jacob's ladder; bluebell
Polygonatum: hairy Solomon's-seal
Polygonum: knotweed
Polypodium: polypody
Polystichum: Christmas fern
Polytrichum: (soft haircap moss); common haircap moss
Poncirus: hardy orange; trifoliate orange
Pontederia: pickerel weed
Potentilla: bush cinquefoil; golden cinquefoil; shrubby cinquefoil
Pratia: blue star creeper
Prunus: wild plum; wild cherry
Pseudosasa: bamboo
Psidium: Cattley guava; purple strawberry guava
Pycnanthemum: mountain mint
Pyrola: shinleaf; wild lily-of-the-valley

Catalog as of April 01, 2008

Physostegia

(Labiatae - mint family)

About 15 species of perennial North American herbs. Easily cultivated wildflowers, they are useful as ornamentals. The selections below are tolerant of wet soil, and reports suggest that they also have unusually good drought tolerance.

virginiana

peren • ht 4' • zones 4-8

obedient plant

native, moist - wet, part shade - sun
e and cent N Amer

Attractive white flowers appear on this upright plant over a period of weeks in late summer and fall. If a flower is pushed aside to a new position, it will remain there. This behavior is decidedly unlike that of most plants, and accounts for the name "obedient plant". Spreads actively by rhizomes. Tolerant of wet soil. Has also been reported to have good drought tolerance.

cat # 6G4R
$7.95 each

virginiana 'Rosea'

peren • ht 4' • zones 4-8

pink-flowered obedient plant

native, moist - wet, sun - part shade
e and cent NA

Like the species, above, but with showy pink flowers.

cat # 6G4V
$7.95 each