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Hardiness: USDA Zone 3a: to -39.9 °C (-40 °F) USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 °C (-35 °F) USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
On Aug 15, 2006, kooger from Oostburg, WI (Zone 5b) wrote:
I like this plant, it does well here. I don't like the way the flowers all flop around it and it's a pest to mow around then. I either harvest the flowers for drying or stake them at that point. If you are wanting to dry the flowers, separate the individual stalks after cutting them. They will be extremely difficult to separate successfully when they are dry.
This plant is probably the most difficult to move of all that I have ever moved. I don't believe a single one has survived. A better idea is to take a ripe flower stalk, throw it down where you want one to grow and you will probably have success. I had to remove quite a few plants from under a hedge where the old flower stalks were thrown. If you get babies, move them when they are very small.
One of my neighbors grows this plant only for the leaves for her flower arrangements.
On Jan 27, 2006, Gabrielle from Washington, IL (Zone 5a) wrote:
This is mostly grown for dried flowers, crafts, etc. The sprays of flowers are nice, but the leaves look sort of weedy. It is hard to transplant. Darkness aids germination of seeds.
2 vendors have this plant for sale.
