Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic |
Plant Height: | 6 inches to 36 inches |
Plant Spread: | 12 inches |
Fruit: | Showy |
Flowers: | Showy |
Flower Color: | Blue Lavender Mauve Pink White |
Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
Flower Time: | Spring Late spring or early summer Summer |
Underground structures: | Bulb |
Suitable Locations: | Xeriscapic |
Uses: | Groundcover Will Naturalize Suitable as Annual |
Dynamic Accumulator: | K (Potassium) Ca (Calcium) Na (Sodium) |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies |
Resistances: | Deer Resistant Squirrels Drought tolerant |
Propagation: Other methods: | Bulbs Other: Plant in the fall |
Pollinators: | Bees Various insects |
Containers: | Needs excellent drainage in pots |
Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil |
piksihk | On January 8, 2019 | Seeds sown Purple White |
MrsBinWY | On July 18, 2021 | Transplanted On 7-18-2021, put the container contents in the back rain garden, north of Tulipa cretica. |
MrsBinWY | On July 3, 2021 | Transplanted 2 between 3 Hellebores in back rain garden |
MrsBinWY | On June 12, 2021 | Potted up 2 |
MrsBinWY | On November 16, 2020 | Seeds germinated 1 |
MrsBinWY | On November 7, 2020 | Seeds sown 8 seeds (all) from CBG's 2020 Crevice Garden in milk jug. Leave them at room temp for a few weeks and then move them outside. |
MrsBinWY | On May 10, 2020 | Seeds germinated 1 |
MrsBinWY | On January 3, 2020 | Seeds sown 22 seeds (all) from Curt Gowdy (2019) in milk jug. Try 1 month warm, then cold if no germination. Moved outside on 2-2-20. |
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