Handsome Harry

Rhexia virginica

native · Central Texas

Handsome Harry is a wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 3 ft tall. It wants full sun or part shade. Blooms pink and purple in May–Sep.

Wet ground only. A wetland plant: it needs standing water or saturated soil — a pond edge, creek bank or rain garden, not a dry upland bed.

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The facts

4 sources

Type: Wildflower
Sun: Full sun to part shade (3–6 hrs of direct sun)
Height: About 3 ft
Bloom: May–Sep · pink, purple

Where it grows

1 occurrence record in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.