Porterweed (growing, butterfly, weeds, south)

[carolyninfl]

Anybody have it>>??

I think it is very pretty I have purple porterweed and I have had a salmon color. It self seeds easily. I have little porterweeds growing everywhere. I transplant them in pots and give them away.

Butterfly attracter also

[moved]

I've never heard of it.

[Clark Park]

I never heard of it either ... but apparently it only grows in the southern third of the State of Florida, so it thrives only in zones 9, 10, and 11.

[carolyninfl]

PlantFiles: Detailed information on Porterweed Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

[harry chickpea]

We had it in Florida. Very pretty and reliable, it has a reputation of being invasive, but we never found it so. Left alone, a group will grow to about the size of a desk.