Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Water Preferences: | Mesic |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) |
Plant Height: | 18 inches |
Plant Spread: | 12 inches |
Leaves: | Variegated |
Flowers: | Showy |
Flower Color: | Blue Mauve Pink White Yellow Bi-Color: Yellow or White trumpet |
Flower Time: | Spring Late spring or early summer Summer |
Suitable Locations: | Xeriscapic |
Uses: | Cut Flower Will Naturalize |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Hummingbirds |
Resistances: | Deer Resistant |
Propagation: Seeds: | Provide light Suitable for wintersowing Sow in situ Can handle transplanting |
Pollinators: | Bees |
Containers: | Suitable in 3 gallon or larger |
robertduval14 | On May 24, 2016 | Bloomed |
MrsBinWY | On March 16, 2019 | Seeds germinated 8 |
MrsBinWY | On February 16, 2019 | Seeds sown germination test of Seed Library's back stock: 25 seeds (2017G) in milk jug in cold sun room; moved to room temp~3-12-19 |
MrsBinWY | On January 5, 2019 | Seeds sown WS eight (8x5) 2.25" pots, seeds from 2017G. |
MrsBinWY | On November 25, 2017 | Seeds sown Experiment: Eight (8) 2.25" pots in garden hoop, seeds from 2017G (some ssp. alba in these). All went to 5-12-18 Plant Sale as starter plants. |
dnrevel | On January 17, 2023 | Seeds sown In WS jug, January. |
Retro67 | On May 7, 2024 | Seeds sown Failed to flag location sewn, but pretty sure it was base of west face of hugel west of gazebo. |
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