Conoclinium coelestinum – Ageratum(B&B.DR.DRGHT.GRDCVR.NB)

Ecosystem Services:
(B)-Birds                                             (B&B)-Birds & Butterflies

(BTF)-Butterflies                             (BW)-Black Walnut Resistant

(DR)-Deer Resistant                      (DRGHT)-Drought Resistant

(EC)-Erosion Control                    (EVR)-Evergreen

(FC)-Fall Color                                 (FRG)-Fragrant

(GRD)-Groundcover                      (H)-Host plant

(HMR)-Hummingbirds                (M)-Mammals

(MTH)-Moths                                   (N)-Nectar

(NB)-Native Bees                            (NST)-Nesting Material

(OP)-Other pollinators                 (RR)-Rabbit Resistant

(SHWY)-Showy                                (SPC)-Specimen Plant

Commonly called mistflower, this late summer to fall-blooming herbaceous perennial is native to the Eastern United States and is a part of the aster family (Asteraceae). It looks like the annual ageratum and in that regard is sometimes commonly called hardy ageratum. It is a showy native plant that is found in the coastal plain growing along roadsides on moist ditch banks. Under cultivation, it becomes a choice perennial with 8 weeks of blue flowers from late summer until frost. It is nectar-rich and pollinators love it.

This plant prefers moist humusy soils that do not dry out in full sun to partial shade areas.