Hardiness zones
Sunset All zones
USDA 5 - 11

Landscape Use: Highly informal accent plant for both xeric and mesic landscape types, perennial border

Form & Character: Evergreen (deciduous in colder climates) perennial for all climates except extreme north, irregular, freely blooming, sprawling habit

Growth Habit: Upright to 4', but mostly 2 to 3'. Sparse when young but, thickening with age

Foliage/Texture: Sessile, lanceolate to 3" long or less. Leaf margins undulate to smooth, medium fine texture

Flowers & Fruits: Transient, titanium white flowers aging to pink in open panicles on terminal spikes emerge from pink buds closely set on stem. Fruit small, angular, 3/16" long.

Seasonal Color: Flowers generally white during over long period during warm season.

Temperature: Hardy

Light: Full sun to partial shade

Soil: Tolerant, but well drained

Watering: Can take some drought

Pruning: Little except to infrequently head back or remove flower stalks to prevent seed formation.

Propagation: Seed, cutting. Can reseed in urban landscapes.

Disease and pests: None

Additional comments: Used all over United States as perennial border accent. Can take some neglect. Flowers float above plant like small, dancing butterflies. Some people may be disappointed by wand flower's sparse form and the way it tends to spread in such an unruly manner.

New cultivars have various flower colors such as pink.Several pink flower cultivars include: 'Siskiyou Pink', 'Perky Pink', 'Pink Lady', 'Pink Fountain', and 'Passionate Pink'.