Description

Key Information:

Soil: Xeric (Dry)
Sun: Full Sun – Part Sun
Height: 1-3 feet
Bloom Color: White
Bloom Season: July – September

Suggested Uses:

Suggested Uses: Sweet everlasting is particularly useful for dry, sandy prairie soils and woodland edges.  Its flowers are long-lasting and are beautiful in dried flower bouquets.  Leaves are aromatic when crushed.

Native Range: Native to the eastern half of the U.S., including eastern Minnesota.

Pollinators: Bees. Host for Painted Lady Butterfly caterpillars.

Leaves: Leaves are narrow, long and sometimes fuzzy.

Flowers: The flower heads are oblong and surrounded by papery bracts.

Other Names: Rabbit Tobacco

More information: USDA plant profile