Catalog Description
Showy periwinkle blue flower spikes adorn this new spreading cultivar of an old herb garden favorite. Fragrant mounds of gray-green foliage bloom from June through September. Useful for partially shaded beds and borders, requiring little care once established. Excellent for cascading off walls or container edges and as groundcover that grows somewhat drought resistant with time. Consummate flowers of both hummingbirds and butterflies. Herbaceous perennial. Full sun to light shade. Rapid growth to 10 to 15 inches tall and at least as wide. 2007 Perennial Plant of the Year. Cutting grown. |
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Average Landscape Size
Rapid growth to 10 to 15 inches tall and at least as wide. |
Key Plant Benefits
Showy periwinkle blue flower spikes adorn the fragrant mounds of gray-green foliage. Excellent for cascading off walls or container edges and as groundcover that is somewhat drought resistant with time. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Herbaceous. |
Care Instructions
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. As a ground cover, space plants 2` to 3` apart, (closer for faster coverage). Control weeds with mulch until the plants cover the area. |
Growth Conditions
| Growth Rate |
 Fast Growing |
| Growth Habit |
| Mounding |
| Heat Zones |
High:
| 9 (>120 to 150 days) |
| Low: | 1 (< 1 days) |
| Cold Hardiness |
| High: | 9 (20 to 30 F) (see map) |
| Low: | 5 (-20 to -10 F) |
| Water Requirements |
| Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry. |
| Sun Exposure |
| Full to partial sun |
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Flowering
Flower or Bloom description:
Spikes with clusters of tubular flowers
| Flower Color |
| Blue |
| Flowering Time/Season |
| Periwinkle blue flower spikes throughout summer. |
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Propagation
| Best time to Prune |
| No Value |
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Attributes
Attracts Butterflies
Border Plant
Compact Habit
Cottage Garden Plant
Deer Resistant
Disease Resistant
Easy Care Plant
Fall Flowering
Fragrant
Hummingbird Friendly
Naturalizes Well
Patio Container Plant
Pest Resistant
Summer Flowering
Woodland Garden |
Foliage
Aromatic, gray-tinged
| Foliage Shape | Ovate |
| Normal foliage color | Green |
| Underside foliage | Green |
| Juvenile foliage | Green |
| Mature foliage | Green |
| New foliage | Green |
| Spring foliage | Green |
| Summer foliage | Green |
| Fall foliage | Green |
| Winter foliage | No Value |
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Plant Lore
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Plant History
2007 Perennial Plant of the Year. |
New Plant
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