It was observed for several seasons.I have places for a few short plants and do not mind if they are listed that way,but planting them behind taller plants always bugs me.
Hopefully this won't come across as "preachy" but almost NO new cultivar will bloom at its registered height during the first year of bloom in a garden, or at least that has proven to be the case here. Sometimes it even takes 3 years before a clump will reach maturity and have scapes at registered height. In fact I've grown to expect any new cultivars - if they bloom- to have short to very short scapes the first year! Then of course weird weather can be a factor. This year, a late freeze stunted many early scapes. There was an abnormal number of short scapes in 2016. Some of those with initial short scapes then rebloomed with normal height scapes!! Looked strange!!
Well, most of my plants are too young for me to judge the heights of yet, but I have not noticed but a few that the scapes were shorter than I was expecting. Lavender Stardust was one that this year had short scapes and bloomed down in the foliage.
Name: Mike Hazel Crest, IL (Zone 6a) "Have no patience for bare ground"
Larry rest assured that you won't be disappointed with Lavender Stardust in the years to come. LS was amazing in my garden this and past years with multiple blooms on most days.
Last Snowflake & Heavenly White Lightening both are not even close to being registered height for me. I have had both for 6 years. HWL may get booted out next year. Make room for something new!
“Once in a while it really hits people that they don’t have to experience the world in the way they have been told to.”
- Alan Keightley
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