Go Native—Grow Native: Pussytoes

An eastern-tailed blue butterfly nectars on pussytoes. Photo by Betsy Washington

Plantain-leaved pussytoes is one of our most charming perennial groundcovers and begins blooming this month with fuzzy, white tufted flowerheads that resemble the toes or paws of kittens.

Other names for this appealing groundcover are pussytoes, everlasting, mouse ears, ladies’ tobacco and even dog toes. Who can resist such a colorfully-named flowering, adaptable groundcover?

The flowers are borne at the tops of short wooly stems that reach 6–15 inches above a….

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