Annuals
Ageratum houstonianum 'Monarch Magic' (Floss Flower)
Ageratum houstonianum 'Monarch Magic'
Also known as Monarch Magic Floss Flower
Size
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About This Plant
Monarch Magic Floss Flower is a compact, mounded annual covered in fluffy, powder-puff clusters of soft blue-lavender from late spring through the first frost. The flower heads have a distinctive feathery texture that gives the plant its common name. As the name suggests, this cultivar is a standout performer for butterfly gardens, drawing in monarch butterflies along with many other pollinators throughout the season.
Plants reach 6 to 12 inches tall with an 8 to 16 inch spread, making them excellent front-of-border plants, container fillers, and mass-planting subjects. Monarch Magic is heat and drought tolerant for an ageratum, holds up well without deadheading, and continues blooming reliably even during warm PNW summers.
Provide average, well-drained soil with consistent moisture and it will perform from planting time until hard frost shuts the season down.
Plant Details
- Botanical
- Ageratum houstonianum 'Monarch Magic'
- Common name
- Monarch Magic Floss Flower
- Lifecycle
- Annual
- Foliage type
- Deciduous
- Mature size
- 6 to 12 in tall × 8 to 16 in wide
- Growth habit
- Mounding
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Bloom time
- Late spring through frost
- Bloom color
- Blue, Purple
- Foliage color
- Green
Care Notes
Garden Attributes
- Pacific NW native
- Deer resistant
- Coastal suitable
- Grown organically
- Pollinator value: Butterflies, Bees, Native bees
- Wildlife: Pollinator support
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