Buy Gillenia trifoliata

Also Known As

Porteranthus trifoliatus
Bowman's Root
Fawn's Breath
Indian Physic

Plant type

perennial

size

H: 2'-3'
W: 2'-3'

planting zones

4a-9b

1 gallon bagged root ball | $21

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30 at Gossler Farms

3x5 inch pot | $19

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Fewer than 20 at Secret Garden Growers

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Gillenia trifoliata plant details

Gillenia trifoliata is a broadleaf deciduous perennial with bronze and green foliage. In spring and summer white flowers emerge. Attracts bees making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with mostly sun - mostly shade and regular water. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Gillenia trifoliata

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: rosaceae
Foliage: deciduous bronze and green
Mature size: 2 FT - 3 FT - wide, 2 FT - 3 FT - tall
Flowers: white blooms in spring and summer
Uses: border plant, cutting garden, fall color, red stems, woodland garden

GROWING CONDITIONS for Gillenia trifoliata

USDA Zones: 4a - 9b
Sun exposure: mostly sun - mostly shade
Watering frequency: regular

Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Native of the U.S. This fine textured perennial will get 2'-3' tall. The flowers have narrow white flowers in spring. In fall, the foliage turns yellow, orange and purple.

By: Gossler Farms

Available 4/1/22 Preorder This lovely woodland plant makes the most delicious filler! Usually 2' tall but if really happy 3' creating a relaxed clump about as wide. Pretty, trifoliate, woodsy foliage is topped by floating masses of white starry flowers o

By: Secret Garden Growers

I love the frilly, wispy white flowers on this almost shrub like, 24-36" tall, native plant. It can be found growing in the wild on semi-shady road banks. In the garden its happy in part shade to full sun and flowers in late Spring to mid Summer.

By: Sunshine Farm and Gardens

This graceful perennial is strangely absent from most gardens. The leaves are arranged in threes along wiry stems, topped by loose panicles of white flowers emerging from tubular wine-coloured sepals. Think of it as a butterfly gaura for the shade garden. Gillenia trifoliata is native to eastern North America and was traditionally used for medicinal purposes. Part sun to light shade in average to moist well-drained soil. Good fall colour.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

Light and airy masses of white blooms with showy red calyces effervesce on a clumping perennial in early summer. Autumn finds it ablaze in oranges and yellows. A North American native; best with summer water and bright shade;. 3'T x 2'W. Minimum temperature: -30 °F

By: Dancing Oaks Nursery

This unassuming plant features 1" white flowers freely produced on 3' bushy plants. One author has proposed Bowman's Root as a much better alternative to Gaura lindheimeri.

By: Arrowhead Alpines

Great Southeastern wildflower with bronze peach new growth and trifoliate leaves richly textured with deeply impressed veins. The white flowers borne at the ends of the stems are narrow petaled and remind me of small birds in flight. Easy to please and choice.