The leaf may be peeled or the inner mucilage extracted and is commonly used for burns. The best soil for this plant is a cool, moist, slightly acidic soil, and propagation is easiest done by sowing seeds in the spring. It is susceptible to crown rot and aphids. This plant prefers dry, sandy acid soil with humus that is well drained. Propagation is done by sowing seeds indoors in early spring or by dividing older plants later in spring.
Aphids can be a problem.
The dried flowers and roots of this plant are used for external medicinal purposes. It prefers average, well-drained soil and is easily propagated by planting cuttings or root suckers in the fall or sowing seed in either spring or fall. It is susceptible to rust fungi. It prefers moist, peaty, acid soil that is well drained. Propagation may be done by either sowing seed or taking cuttings in the fall, or you may layer the branches during any season.