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Mystic Meadows Gardens
Showy Tick Trefoil Desmodium canadense
Showy Tick Trefoil Desmodium canadense
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Clusters of pink or rose-purple pea-like flowers that bloom along the plant’s upper stems for about three weeks in mid-summer(July-Aug). For the best effect start by planting in in colonies rather than isolated plants and tight plantings can help counter a tendency to spread
Benefits: it is a (legume), which adds nitrogen to soil. The nectar, pollen, seeds and foliage of this species appeal to pollinators and birds
Attracts: butterflies, hummingbirds.
Larval Host: Eastern Tailed Blue, Silver-spotted Skipper, Hoary Edge.
Larval Host: Eastern Tailed Blue, Silver-spotted Skipper, Hoary Edge.
Special Value to Bumble Bees.
It is a perennial, that grows to 2-6 ft. high, it prefers Medium-Wet, Medium, Medium-Dry Soil, Full or Part Shade, Plant spacing 4-8" apart.