Silphium perfoliatum- Cup Plant Size:SILPER-PINT Its short stature makes it

Its short stature makes it perfect for garden edges and mixed planting with other low-growing plants

Puts on a late season show in the sunny

calling to mind a billowy skirt mid-spin

Its narrow leaves grow upwards from a central clump before arching gracefully out and down with a waterfall effect

these stalks branch out towards the top and sport yellow

Silphium perfoliatum- Cup Plant Size:SILPER-PINT Its short stature makes itCup Plant is so named because its opposite leaves fuse at the stem to form a cup like shape that holds water, attracting birds and other small fauna all season long. Its sturdy, upright stems are hairless and square (unique among silphiums), and unbranched until the top, where multiple floral stalks bear bright yellow, 3in sunflower like flowers. Pollinators visit these blooms all summer long and then goldfinches and other songbirds flock to eat the