Category / Vernonia - Ironweeds

Vernonia angustifolia (Tall Ironweed) is a clump-forming perennial boasting dense, broad, flattened clusters of tiny, fluffy, magenta-purple, finely petaled flowers in summer. Each glorious flower head may consist of up to 9-30…

Vernonia baldwinii (Western Ironweed) is a tall perennial boasting flattened clusters of tiny, fluffy, vivid purple disks in mid-summer to late fall. Each glorious flower head may consist of up to 15-35…

Providing a pop of tall color in the late-season garden, Vernonia fasciculata (Prairie Ironweed) is an upright perennial boasting dense clusters of tiny, fluffy, intense violet-purple, finely petaled flowers from mid-summer to…

Vernonia gigantea (Giant Ironweed) is a tall, clump-forming perennial boasting dense, broad, flattened clusters of tiny, fluffy, intense purple, finely petaled flowers in late summer and early fall. Each glorious flower head…

Vernonia missurica (Missouri Ironweed) is a tall perennial boasting branched clusters of tiny, fluffy, vivid purple to magenta disks in mid-summer to early fall. Each glorious flower head may consist of up…

A splendid and robust garden plant, Vernonia noveboracensis (New York Ironweed) is a tall, clump-forming perennial boasting loosely branched clusters, 3-4 in. across (7-10 cm), of tiny, fluffy, intense purple, finely petaled…