Toxic to mammals (deer and rabbit resistant).
Fuzzy-looking white flowers brighten up the shadiest of spaces in late summer and fall. Spreading mainly by rhizomes, white snakeroot is a great contender when battling invasive shade plants like goutweed, periwinkle and garlic mustard, but requires space to form a colony in a garden setting, especially in sunnier locations.
Ecological Importance: An important food source for late season bees and butterflies, including migrating monarchs, white snakeroot is also a host plant for the larvae of the hitched arches moth.
Sun Exposure: Part Shade, Shade
Soil Moisture: Medium-Wet, Medium, Dry
Height: 2 ft
Width: 2 ft (but can form colonies by rhizomes)
Bloom Time: August, September, October
Bloom Colour: White
First year plants available in plant 4” pots and plant snails.
Toxic to mammals (deer and rabbit resistant).
Fuzzy-looking white flowers brighten up the shadiest of spaces in late summer and fall. Spreading mainly by rhizomes, white snakeroot is a great contender when battling invasive shade plants like goutweed, periwinkle and garlic mustard, but requires space to form a colony in a garden setting, especially in sunnier locations.
Ecological Importance: An important food source for late season bees and butterflies, including migrating monarchs, white snakeroot is also a host plant for the larvae of the hitched arches moth.
Sun Exposure: Part Shade, Shade
Soil Moisture: Medium-Wet, Medium, Dry
Height: 2 ft
Width: 2 ft (but can form colonies by rhizomes)
Bloom Time: August, September, October
Bloom Colour: White
First year plants available in plant 4” pots and plant snails.
