Obediant plant or Physostegia virginiana 'Crystal Peak White'  is a native perennial in the (mint) family. These flowers tower with abundant, white blooms. Perfect for rain gardens, prairie plantings and meadows where underground rhizomes have room to spread. The reason behind the common name is that they’ll stay in whatever position you point them (at least temporarily). The Narrow-leaved Obedient Plant has lighter white flowers and blooms earlier, making it a nice companion plant. A great choice for a meadow or native garden as it is visited by bees, hummingbirds, and other pollinators. 

In the wild, they can be found in wet meadows, barrens and glades, open woods, damp thickets, among other sites. Obedient plants grow best in moist, well-drained, moderately fertile soil and sun to part sun. Best grown on zones 3-9.

Part of the mint family and true to that behavior, these plants spread by rhizomes and can quickly fill small spaces. This is a wonderful species if you need a plant to fill in large spots around your yard. Like all members of the mint family, it produces copious amounts of nectar. Blooming late summer and well into fall, Obedient Plant provides a much-needed boost of energy for pollinators facing the coming winter. This easy to grow plant forms clumps quickly up to 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide with green toothed margin leaves.

This plant is resistant to browsing by deer and rabbit. Obedient plants contain no known toxic substances, so are generally not considered poisonous. It is therefore safe for humans, cats and dogs to be around.