Glossy green, ovate to lance-shaped leaves (to 4" long) |
When seen from above the flowers look like stars |
Massed in front of the pond in Robyn Brown's garden |
Spigelia is pollinated by hummingbirds! |
xoxogail
"Top Ten" Native Hummingbird Plants
#1: Trumpet Creeper, Campsis radicans
#2: Beebalm or Oswego Tea, Monarda didyma
#3: Trumpet Honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens
#4: Cardinal Flower, Lobelia cardinalis
#5: Spotted Jewelweed, Impatiens capensis
#6: Red Columbine, Aquilegia canadense
#7: Canada Lily, Lilium canadense
#8: Indian Pink, Spigelia marilandica
#9: Red Buckeye, Aesculus pavia
#10: Mountain Rosebay or Catawba Rhododendron, Rhododendron catawbiense
#2: Beebalm or Oswego Tea, Monarda didyma
#3: Trumpet Honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens
#4: Cardinal Flower, Lobelia cardinalis
#5: Spotted Jewelweed, Impatiens capensis
#6: Red Columbine, Aquilegia canadense
#7: Canada Lily, Lilium canadense
#8: Indian Pink, Spigelia marilandica
#9: Red Buckeye, Aesculus pavia
#10: Mountain Rosebay or Catawba Rhododendron, Rhododendron catawbiense
*Habitat: Found in rich woods from New Jersey to Florida and west to Texas and Wisconsin, primarily in the Southern States.
Gail Eichelberger is a gardener and therapist in Middle Tennessee. She loves wildflowers and native plants and thoroughly enjoys writing about the ones she grows at Clay and Limestone. She reminds all that the words and images are the property of the author and cannot be used without written permission.
The first photo made me go, WOW!
ReplyDeleteThe second photo, DOUBLE WOW!
Magnificent!
Have a wonderful week-end!
Lea
Lea's Menagerie
Thank you Lea, you have a good weekend, too.
DeleteHi Gail...I'm lucky enough to have one of these plants. It was given to me by a friend a couple of years ago, but it seemed to die right away. Well, this year it came up...just amazing! I am so happy to have it! Now if I could just get some hummers to come and visit it!
ReplyDeleteGreat news...I think it will be happy in your garden and make the hummers hover.
DeleteI just bought this plant by mail order. I'm so nervous about it thriving that it's still in its pot! I don't want to pick the wrong spot.
ReplyDeleteI hope you find a good home for it Alison. I think your climate will be perfect.
DeleteOne of my favorites. I saw a gorgeous blooming clump growing in the woods at a garden in Massachusetts. I have tried twice with this plant and failed, but I am unwilling to go without it. So here I am again, trying a third spigelia that I got mail-order from Forestfarm. Hopefully I have it in a better spot this time -- how I want to see those pretty red flowers! Thanks for spotlighting it here.
ReplyDeleteIt's such a special plant and I hope it does make it this time.
DeleteWonderful images of fabulous plant, dear Gail! I wish it were happier here, but the small patch is prized anyway. Maybe it needs moved so I could possibly water it.
ReplyDeletexoxoxo
Frances
I fell in love with this plant when I saw it in so many gardens in Asheville last year. I looked everywhere for it this spring, but found it only on Plant Delights' website--but I was too cheap to buy it there:) I wish more places would carry Spigelia--it's such a beauty!
ReplyDeleteThey can get costly when you add the shipping charges, but I do hope you order one.
DeleteThey are gorgeous. I found some this spring at Bustani and placed them in semi-shady spots throughout the garden. Will have to see if I can get them going. Great advice.~~Dee
ReplyDeleteI know they compliment your garden wonderfully...I want more of them to scatter around.
DeleteI have a big patch of spigelia that I just love. it grows very well for me. Lazy S's Farms Nursery always carries it. :o)
ReplyDeleteI love that nursery...
DeleteLove this plant and not sure how I got this plant...even though it is not a native here I do have it in the garden...
ReplyDeleteI've always confused Indian Pink with Indian Paintbrush, thinking both were plants of the west. I'm going to have to come up with a plan on getting some of these guys into my garden. I've heard it is easier to grow than cardinal flower. Looking at your top ten list, I see that I have for: Beebalm, Columbine, Trumpet Honeysuckle, and Cardinal Flower.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good point about being easier to grow than cardinal flower and it's earlier so the newly arriving hummers will be happy.
DeleteI love this native, mainly for its color and unusual form. And you are right in it being hard to find at garden centers. However, I know that growers can by plugs of it to grow on, because we got some for the botanical garden's plant sale, and they were one of the first plants to sell out.
ReplyDeleteThat is beautiful...so you have some in your garden?
ReplyDeleteI was hoping that you would ID the green headed bug for me...only had the 50 mm lens on, so couldn't get a closer shot.
Jen
I will give it a try Jen.
DeleteLooks great. It was already on my "want list" - but you've definitely reinforced my feeling that it's a plant that I should add to the garden soon!
ReplyDelete"..it's a fantastic plant that would be an asset in most gardens."
ReplyDeleteDefinitely, how can you get wrong with that beauty.
Gail girl how are you !!
ReplyDeleteThat first picture of yours is truly stunning !! .. and YES !! .. I grow this beauty too because I just love it to bits .. I can't imagine having it colonize as in one of those pictures above .. that is simply amazing.
They are late to show themselves here .. so I always order another one in my mail order adventures just to make sure I have one on hand .. husband likes them a lot too.
Perfect post for perking perpetual gardeners up ! haha
Joy : )
My step grandmother offered me one this past weekend. I can't wait to find a spot for it so I can take her up on her offer!!
ReplyDeleteI just read that Top Ten list today, and realized I need to do some shopping. ;-) Gosh, you captured that first photo in just the perfect light! Spigelia is a lovely plant!
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