DESCRIPTION:

NAME: Water Horehound

OTHER COMMON NAMES: American Bugleweed / American Water Horehound

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Lycopus Americanus

COLOR: White with Purple Spots

PLANT SEEDS: Spring

BLOOM TIME: July - Sept

HARDINESS ZONE: 3 - 11

PLANT HEIGHT: 18 - 36"

PLANT SPACING: 6 - 12"

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun - Part Shade

SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Moist - Wet

QUANTITY: 20 Seeds

OTHER: American Water Horehound is an herb native to The US & Canada. It get the name Bugleweed because its flowers look like bugles. The flowers bloom in clusters all the way down the stem over very deeply lobed leaves. The flowers supply nectar for butterflies & honey bees. Water Horehound likes very moist conditions, & can grow in marshes, wet meadows, streambanks, pond edges, or containers. Clay soil is ok, & the plants are deer & rabbit resistant.