None-So-Pretty

Did you know

• The whimsical name 'none-so-pretty' is a centuries-old English folk name praising its bright clusters.
• Like its relative nodding catchfly, it has sticky stems that trap small insects but gains no nutrition from them.
• Thomas Jefferson grew it at Monticello and recorded it in his garden books in the early 1800s.
• It self-sows prolifically once established, returning year after year without replanting.
• The plant is also known as 'sweet William catchfly' though it is unrelated to true sweet Williams.

Color meanings

Uses

• cottage gardens
• wildflower meadows
• cut flowers
• pollinator gardens