Rhexia virginica
Meadow beauty
Rhexia is a perennial that grows from tuberous swellings on fibrous roots, with simple leaves and four-petalled flowers (usually lilac-pink or white) with prominent stamens. 'Rhexia Virginica' has pink flowers in Summer.
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Moist and rich
Common name
Meadow beauty
Latin name
Rhexia virginica
type
Herbaceous Perennial
family
Melastomataceae
ph
5.5 - 7.3 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Moist and rich
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.70 M
0.70 M
Rhexia virginica
Rhexia is a perennial that grows from tuberous swellings on fibrous roots, with simple leaves and four-petalled flowers (usually lilac-pink or white) with prominent stamens. 'Rhexia Virginica' has pink flowers in Summer.
Flowering
From Late Spring TO Early Autumn
Rhexia flowers are purple, white, or pink in late Spring and through Summer.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Plant in a sunny position in moist free-draining, acidic sandy or gravelly soil
Propagating by seed
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Rhexia self-seed - and to the extent that it can be a problem, having new plants growing where they are not wanted!