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Botanical Name: Eupatorium
Common Name: Snakeroot
Hardiness: Zone 4 - 9
Exposure: Full Sun/Partial Shade
Bloom Time: Late Summer
Flower Colours: White
Foliage: Maroon or green
Height: 4 - 5 ft
Spread: 24 - 36 inches
Soil Type: Average
Moisture: Well drained
Care Level: Moderate
Eupatorium rugosum

General Description:
Great border or accent plant behind your summer flowering plants. Displays numerous white flowers next to bright green or dark maroon to bronze foliage in late summer. It will take a couple of seasons to reach its full splendor.Attracts butterflies.

Care and Maintenance:
Give afternoon shade. Intolerant of extended droughts. Give lots of moisture when first planted. Needs full sun or part shade, but well drained soil. Will grow in moist to wet soil.

Uses & Features:
Mid/ack Border
Foliage Colour
Naturalizing
Cut flower
Mass displays
Erosion control
Varieties Available:
rugosum
Little Joe