Common Name: Cup Plant
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Asteraceae
Native Range: Native to Midwestern and Southeastern U.S. and Eastern Canada. MN native.
Zone: 3 to 9
Height: 48- 96”
Spread: 36 to 48”
Bloom Time: July to September
Bloom Description: bright yellow ray flower with darker yellow center disks.
Sun: Full sun
Water: Tolerant of dry, moist, and wet conditions.
Maintenance: Low
Attracts: Bees, Butterflies, and Hummingbirds
Pollinators need water, just like other animals. At the base of leaves, cups are formed that hold water after a rainfall. Bees, particularly bumblebees, use Cup Plant as a pollen and nectar source. Cup plant needs a lot of space to grow. Cup plant has coarse leaves and stem, sunflower like blooms, 4-8’ tall, square stem, with pairs of cup forming leaves, 3” diameter yellow flower heads, light yellow rays and darker yellow center disks.
Plants can be purchased at Prairie Moon Nursery or other garden centers that specialize in native plants. To start cup plant from seed, the seeds will need to undergo a cold treatment (cold stratification) for at least 60 days. Seeds can be started in a seed mix and kept cold and moist or seeds can be planted in the fall to undergo winter conditions. Once established, cup plant can be quite aggressive, so care should be taken to not let them take over the garden.
Horticulture information from:
Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=g650
Pollinator information from:
National Wildlife Federation
http://www.nwf.org/news-and-magazines/national-wildlife/gardening/archives/2010/native-plants-for-pollinators.aspx
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Asteraceae
Native Range: Native to Midwestern and Southeastern U.S. and Eastern Canada. MN native.
Zone: 3 to 9
Height: 48- 96”
Spread: 36 to 48”
Bloom Time: July to September
Bloom Description: bright yellow ray flower with darker yellow center disks.
Sun: Full sun
Water: Tolerant of dry, moist, and wet conditions.
Maintenance: Low
Attracts: Bees, Butterflies, and Hummingbirds
Pollinators need water, just like other animals. At the base of leaves, cups are formed that hold water after a rainfall. Bees, particularly bumblebees, use Cup Plant as a pollen and nectar source. Cup plant needs a lot of space to grow. Cup plant has coarse leaves and stem, sunflower like blooms, 4-8’ tall, square stem, with pairs of cup forming leaves, 3” diameter yellow flower heads, light yellow rays and darker yellow center disks.
Plants can be purchased at Prairie Moon Nursery or other garden centers that specialize in native plants. To start cup plant from seed, the seeds will need to undergo a cold treatment (cold stratification) for at least 60 days. Seeds can be started in a seed mix and kept cold and moist or seeds can be planted in the fall to undergo winter conditions. Once established, cup plant can be quite aggressive, so care should be taken to not let them take over the garden.
Horticulture information from:
Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder
http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=g650
Pollinator information from:
National Wildlife Federation
http://www.nwf.org/news-and-magazines/national-wildlife/gardening/archives/2010/native-plants-for-pollinators.aspx