Tall Meadow-Rue
Thalictrum pubescens
Tall meadow-rue brings a quality to the native garden that few plants can match: airy, cloud-like white flower plumes on stems that can reach 6–8 feet tall in midsummer. The flowers themselves are just masses of white stamens without petals. almost like botanical fireworks in slow motion. and they sway and catch light in a way that's visually stunning in a back border or beside water. The compound blue-green foliage resembles a giant maidenhair fern and stays attractive all season. It grows naturally in moist meadows, stream banks, and woodland edges across the Northeast, where it forms upright colonies that add height and movement to any planting. Essentially pest-free and ignored by deer.
We grow a range of sizes and prices. Add the plant to your list, then pick your size when you visit.
Final price confirmed at pickup, depends on size and season.
- Thu, Jul 238 AM – 4 PM
- Fri, Jul 248 AM – 4 PM
- Sat, Jul 258 AM – 2 PM
A nursery-grown plant, ready for the ground.
Healthy, container-grown tall meadow-rue propagated on-site at Hill House from regional genetics. Includes a one-page care card. We make every effort to supply plants as listed; occasionally we substitute a similar species of equal value.
- Sun
- Part shade
- Water
- Average
- Mature size
- 4'–8'
- Bloom
- Airy white flower plumes in early to midsummer; attractive compound blue-green foliage all season
- USDA zones
- 3–8
Pairs well with these.
Same light, same soil, same wildlife. Janet's picks to plant alongside tall meadow-rue.
Or skip the guesswork.
Curated packages bundle 9–12 species that work together. One reservation, one pickup day, a printed layout map.
Butterfly Package
Host and nectar plants chosen to feed monarchs, swallowtails, and fritillaries spring through fall.
Hummingbird Package
Tubular-flowered natives that pull ruby-throats through your yard April through October.
S.O.S. Package
Save Our Songbirds, berry- and seed-bearing natives that feed nesting and migrating birds.