| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Annual |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8) Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4) |
| Plant Height: | 12 to 30 inches |
| Plant Spread: | 9 to 12 inches |
| Leaves: | Fragrant |
| Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
| Flower Color: | Other: Lavender to pink to white |
| Flower Time: | Spring Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall |
| Suitable Locations: | Xeriscapic |
| Uses: | Culinary Herb Medicinal Herb Will Naturalize Suitable as Annual |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies Hummingbirds |
| Resistances: | Deer Resistant |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Sow in situ Other info: Readily self-seeds. Rake into loose soil fall or early spring. |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem Cuttings: Root Division |
| Pollinators: | Bees |
| lovesblooms | On March 1, 2020 | Seeds sown winter sow |
| lovesblooms | On February 24, 2018 | Seeds sown winter sown |
| lovesblooms | On February 28, 2017 | Seeds germinated |
| lovesblooms | On January 28, 2017 | Seeds sown w/s |
| MrsBinWY | On July 4, 2019 | Transplanted On 7-4-2019, planted 9 out by Echium amoenum. |
| MrsBinWY | On May 19, 2019 | Transplanted On 5-19-2019, planted 5 in the alley in front of Aquilegia chrysantha. |
| MrsBinWY | On April 13, 2019 | Potted up 16 pots with multiple seedlings per pot |
| MrsBinWY | On February 1, 2019 | Seeds germinated ~14 groups showing activity |
| MrsBinWY | On January 27, 2019 | Seeds sown 16 groups of seeds from docmom's 2015G in milk jug @ room temp |
| Flowerlover6 | On October 19, 2022 | Seeds sown |
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