Blephilia ciliata Englerarum Deer usually avoid Amsonia

Deer usually avoid Amsonia

the clumps are topped with 6" spikes of tiny white buds that open as grey-green flowers

Osmunda spectabilis

Cardinal flower emerges from a flat winter rosette to produce a 4'-5' stalk (height varies with soil moisture)

Blephilia ciliata Englerarum Deer usually avoid AmsoniaBlephilia ciliata is a little known clumping mint cousin, native from Vermont south to Georgia and west to Texas, where it occurs in open woods and meadows. In form, Blephilia ciliata is a woodland version of bee balm without the pesky spreading tendency. Downy wood mint forms a 1. 5' tall x 1. 5' wide clump of upright hairy stems, topped, starting for us in mid May with whorls of lavender flowers. Like its cousin, bee balm, Blephilia ciliata is a