Pink Cotton Candy Betony

Description:

This variety is valued for its attractive and long lasting floral display; tall spikes covered with cotton candy pink blooms; great as a garden accent, groundcover, or massed in borders; needs some shade in southern climates

Ornamental Features:

Pink Cotton Candy Betony features beautiful spikes of pink tubular flowers rising above the foliage from early to mid summer, which are most effective when planted in groupings. It's serrated heart-shaped leaves remain forest green in colour throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

Pink Cotton Candy Betony is a dense herbaceous perennial with tall flower stalks held atop a low mound of foliage. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This perennial will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It is a good choice for attracting bees to your yard, but is not particularly attractive to deer who tend to leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. Gardeners should be aware of the following characteristic(s) that may warrant special consideration;

• Spreading

Pink Cotton Candy Betony is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• General Garden Use
• Mass Planting
• Groundcover
• Border Edging
• Container Planting

Plant Characteristics:

Pink Cotton Candy Betony will grow to be about 8 inches tall at maturity extending to 24 inches tall with the flowers, with a spread of 20 inches. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 5 years.

This perennial should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This plant can be propagated by division.

This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.