Virginia Meyers, a member of our garden club gave me a start of this wonderful plant. Red Valerian is native to the Mediterranean but has naturalized over most of Europe and North and South America. It is very drought tolerant and in my garden it does well in places where it gets no additional irrigation. Unfortunately it can be considered a weed in some areas and is not welcome. It does self seeds freely and I let it grow wild at the outlines of my back yard. The plant is medium tall with very attractive grayish blue leaves that are oval or lanceolate. The flowers are rounded in clusters of hot pink; there are also white plants available. This plant blooms from May till November in my garden. It forms a nice clump to 3 ft. high and wide. It loves poor and dry soils but needs good drainage. It also does well on slopes. To prevent prolific self seeding, dead head flowers, this also encourages more flowering.