It is also available online at www.nichegardens.com

Another NJ nursery, Pope's Gardens in Waterford
(856-767-3343) has a mid-Western version called
Vernonia fasciculata, which I believe is a little shorter,
but denser. This version is also available online at
www.forestfarm.com. . .

My own speciman (NY ironweed) came from a Connecticut
nursery; a rather "informal" plant, it mixes well with
all my grasses, goldenrods and eupatoriums.

Carl

I saw ironweed in a garden last fall and the brilliant purple/blue waving 6 ft. in the air was stunning.

Everything I read says it needs moist to wet soil. Do you find this to be the case? The garden I saw it in was definetly not in a boggy area.

Thanks in advance for any help on this one.

Since you bumped this up from last season, I've got some
new, REALLY BIG, news: someone else here on GW tipped me off to a HUGE ironweed, fully 12-foot tall(!), called
Vernonia altissima 'Jonesboro Giant', available at Plant
Delights Nursery, a top-drawer outfit in North Carolina.
Of course, I MUST have one - so check next year and I'll
report what happened. . . By the way, my regular
V. novaboracensis has done just fine with a very heavy
mulch, and the several grasses in front of it keep the
roots shaded - no special watering. . .

Cheers, Carl

P.S. There's no way I have all the answers - we must both
just like the same plants! :-)