Showy Tick Trefoil Plant - Desmodium canadense - 2" Plug

Bloom Time: July to August

Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Part Shade

USDA Hardiness Zone: 3-8

Name: Showy Tick Trefoil

Scientific Name: Desmodium canadense

Introducing Showy Tick Trefoil, a tall native perennial with showy pink to purple pea-like flowers that create a stunning mid-summer display. This robust plant thrives in USDA Hardiness Zones 3-8 and provides excellent wildlife value.

Showy Tick Trefoil's adaptability to various soil conditions makes it suitable for prairie restorations, naturalized areas, and native plant gardens. Growing 3-6 feet tall, it creates bold stands of color in the summer garden.

This native legume is a nitrogen-fixer and provides food for numerous butterfly caterpillars, including several skipper species, while the seeds are eaten by ground birds.

Fun Fact: The seed pods have tiny hooked hairs that cling to fur and clothing—nature's original Velcro—helping the seeds disperse to new locations.

Bring the productive Showy Tick Trefoil to your garden and support the complete life cycle of native wildlife.