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Location
May not be native
Use Location
Type
Annuals/Per.
Attributes
Butterflies, Caterpillars, Fruit, Nuts
This annual, flowering shrub grows 4 to 14 inches tall. It produces a head-like cluster of deep purple or pink flowers that have white tips and bloom from March to July. It grows in full sun, and in moist, well-drained soil, though it can tolerate poor soils.
May Attract
White-Tip Clover is thought to attract these families of birds
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird at a butterflyweed. Photo: Dave Maslowski
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