Sanguisorba canadensis - Canada Burnet

Sizes available: #1 (Trade gallon)

Basics: zones 3-7, 48-60" x 36", full sun to part shade, White, fluffy, bottle-brush bloom atop narrow wands late summer into fall, prefers moist to medium-wet soil.

Common names: Canada Burnet

Family: Rosaceae

Origin/Distribution: Native to Maine, occurs in both eastern and western North America and is endangered in much of its range. Native range includes Labrador south to Newfoundland, New England, New Jersey, Delaware, and in mountainous regions down the Appalachian spine into Georgia, northwest into Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan.

Habitat: stream and riverside, edge of tidal marsh, floodplain, wet meadow, swamp edge, bog edge, damp open woodland, and roadside ditch

More: Statuesque, late-bloomer for moist to wet spots This plant is long-flowering and a prodigious pollen producer. En masse the blooms are animated and a bit Dr. Seussian in nature. The leaves turn attractive shades of red and yellow in the fall. Has been used medicinally. 

Source: Van Berkum

Image credits: Wikimedia Commons; Van Berkum Nursery