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EUPATORIUM rugosum 'Chocolate'
Commonly known as Ague weed, Mist flower, Thorough-wort, White snakeroot
Fluffy white flower heads, with attractive purple stems and chocolate brown leaves
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Height - 1.5-1.8m (4-5ft) -
Spread - 60cm (24in)
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Herbaceous - Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch. - clump-forming perennial with lance-shaped to obovate, nettle-like leaves 4-12cm (1½-5in) long. Produces long-lasting flower heads in terminal corymbs 6cm (2½in) across.
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Hardy - average winter - Hardy through most of the UK apart from inland valleys, at altitude and central/northerly locations. May suffer foliage damage and stem dieback in harsh winters in cold gardens. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -10°C (14°F) -
Partial shade -
Additional Features - Good to know - syn. Ageratina altissima 'Chocolate'. Wildlife plant - bees, butterflies. -
Pests & Diseases - slugs, aphids. -
Place of origin - garden origin -
Hardiness - Frost hardy (down to -5) -
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Soil Conditions - Alkaline / Chalk loving
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Wildlife - Bee friendly -
Butterfly friendly
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Rabbit Resistant
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1.5-1.8m (4-5ft)
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