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Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database |
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Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database |
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Andromeda polifolia var. polifolia (Bog Rosemary)
Kingdom Plantae Plants Subkingdom Tracheobionta Vascular plants Superdivision Spermatophyta Seed plants Division Magnoliophyta Flowering plants Class Magnoliopsida Dicotyledons Subclass Dilleniidae Order Ericales Family Ericaceae Heath family Genus Andromeda L. bog rosemary Species Andromeda polifolia L. bog rosemary Variety Andromeda polifolia L. var. polifolia bog rosemary |
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An outstanding evergreen native for wet sites, Bog Rosemary is found across North America and is hardy from USDA zones 2-9. This low-growing shrub has soft pink flowers that hang like fairy bells from the narrow, leathery, ½ - 1 leaves. It spreads by rhizomes and contains dangerous toxic compounds so must not be eaten. Bog Rosemary prefers sun and as it likes moisture and acidity, add a mixture of wet peat moss and compost to the planting hole. Bog Rosemarys beauty interrupts the vast swamplands in which it grows, much as the beauty of its namesake, the Greek heroine, stood out against the ocean when her parents ruthlessly tied her to the rocks as a sacrifice to the sea-monster. |
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