| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Annual |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) Neutral (6.6 – 7.3) Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8) |
| Plant Height: | 2 to 4 feet (.6-1.2 m) |
| Plant Spread: | 12 to 18 inches (30-45 cm) |
| Fruit: | Dehiscent |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | Blue Pink Purple White Other: Various shades of blue, purple, pink,and white |
| Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall |
| Underground structures: | Taproot |
| Uses: | Cut Flower Will Naturalize |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies |
| Toxicity: | Leaves are poisonous Other: Seeds |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Needs specific temperature: 55 to 60F Days to germinate: 30 to 90 Depth to plant seed: cover the seeds thin Suitable for wintersowing Sow in situ Start indoors |
| Pollinators: | Moths and Butterflies Bumblebees Bees |
| chelle | On March 20, 2015 | Seeds sown Direct sown - Ash tree bed |
| piksihk | On May 5, 2020 | Bloomed Round bed - light blue and white |
| piksihk | On December 6, 2019 | Seeds sown white/violet (2015) white (2014) round bed middle butterfly weed bed |
| piksihk | On February 16, 2017 | Seeds sown dk purple/frt/MB |
| lovesblooms | On March 13, 2020 | Seeds germinated |
| lovesblooms | On February 16, 2020 | Seeds sown winter sown |
| Thread Title | Last Reply | Replies |
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| id by jmorth | Dec 5, 2019 1:03 PM | 3 |
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