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An excellent late-season plant for pollinators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeight × Spread: 130cm × 50cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants","offers":[{"title":"1 Litre","offer_id":52922098450774,"sku":"102453","price":8.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}]},{"product_id":"vernonia-angustifolia-missurica","title":"Vernonia angustifolia × missurica","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVernonia angustifolia\u003c\/em\u003e × \u003cem\u003emissurica\u003c\/em\u003e is a tall, upright perennial native to the central USA, providing intense late-season colour alongside exceptional pollen and nectar for bees and butterflies. Deer and rabbit resistant due to its bitter taste.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stout stems carry lance-shaped, deep green leaves with white-hairy undersides, and large, well-branched flowerheads of up to 60 disc florets each — ranging from rich magenta to deep purple. Regular deadheading will keep the display going well into late autumn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt thrives in rich soils from moist but well-drained to moisture-retentive, tolerating periodic flooding — making it ideal for heavy clay that doesn’t dry out in summer. Happy in almost any sunny position regardless of pH. Works beautifully in prairie, cottage, wildlife, bog, and waterside gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHeight × Spread: 150cm × 120cm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants","offers":[{"title":"1 Litre","offer_id":53027225108822,"sku":null,"price":9.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"3 Litre","offer_id":53601029030230,"sku":null,"price":14.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/4928\/0598\/files\/Vernoniaangustifoliaxmissurica-2.jpg?v=1775239230"},{"product_id":"vernonia-noveboracensis-white-lightning","title":"Vernonia noveboracensis 'White Lightning'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVernonia noveboracensis\u003c\/em\u003e ‘White Lightning’ is a rarely grown herbaceous perennial that deserves to be more widely cultivated — producing unusual, nectar-rich flowers at the very end of the season, when they are most needed by pollinators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNative to the eastern USA, it thrives in sun to partial shade in any moist but well-drained loamy or clay soil. Tall, branched stems carry dark green lanceolate leaves and, from August to November, globular flowerheads of many small creamy-white tubular flowers that open at the tip into a five-pointed star — of particular interest to butterflies and moths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDeadhead to encourage more flowering stems, but leave the last ones in place for attractive winter seedheads. An excellent cut flower, and a welcome addition to cottage, informal, wildlife, and woodland-edge gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHeight × Spread: 180cm × 100cm\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants","offers":[{"title":"1 Litre","offer_id":53033275261270,"sku":null,"price":9.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"3 Litre","offer_id":53606219120982,"sku":null,"price":14.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/4928\/0598\/files\/Vernonianoveboracensis_WhiteLightning.jpg?v=1775317865"},{"product_id":"vernonia-lettermannii","title":"Vernonia lettermannii","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVernonia lettermannii\u003c\/em\u003e is distinguished from other forms of \u003cem\u003eVernonia\u003c\/em\u003e by its narrow, fine foliage — smaller in scale and more rounded, with multiple stems forming a well-furnished clump. The flowers conform to the genus character: tight, thistle-like, deep violet-purple blooms held in dense clusters at the ends of willowy stems, rich in nectar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAppearing in August, they deliver a vivid injection of colour to the autumn garden, often lasting into early October before forming fuzzy, soft brown seedheads — a valuable food source for birds through winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNative to the rocky plains of North America, \u003cem\u003eVernonia lettermannii\u003c\/em\u003e is tough and adaptable. A natural fit for prairie-style planting alongside ornamental grasses, it has also earned its place in contemporary schemes. Thrives in sun in any reasonable soil and, once established, tolerates short periods of drought.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHeight × Spread: 75cm × 50cm\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants","offers":[{"title":"1 Litre","offer_id":53046067626326,"sku":null,"price":9.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"3 Litre","offer_id":53600972996950,"sku":null,"price":14.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/4928\/0598\/files\/Vernonialettermannii_1of1.jpg?v=1775465614"},{"product_id":"vernonia-noveboracensis","title":"Vernonia noveboracensis","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVernonia noveboracensis\u003c\/em\u003e — New York Ironweed — is a tall, statuesque North American native that brings rich late-season colour to the back of a border or bog garden. In late summer and autumn, dense clusters of tiny, fluffy red-violet flowers appear atop sturdy stems clad in green, lance-shaped foliage — a striking combination that is highly attractive to bees and butterflies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOften found growing naturally alongside watercourses in its native USA, it flourishes in moist soils in sun or partial shade. An excellent choice for waterside planting, prairie schemes, and wildlife gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHeight × Spread: 200cm × 75cm\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants","offers":[{"title":"1 Litre","offer_id":55285559066966,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1003\/4928\/0598\/files\/Vernonia_noveboracensis.webp?v=1789408304"}],"url":"https:\/\/hardysplants.live\/collections\/vernonia.oembed","provider":"Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants","version":"1.0","type":"link"}