| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Sun Requirements: | Partial Shade to Full Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Wet Mesic Mesic Dry Mesic |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
| Plant Height: | 12 - 18 inches |
| Plant Spread: | 6 - 12 inches |
| Leaves: | Semi-evergreen |
| Fruit: | Other: Seeds are carried inside a capsule, which splits open when ripe and throws the seeds away from the parent plant. |
| Fruiting Time: | Summer |
| Flowers: | Showy Fragrant |
| Flower Color: | Blue Lavender White |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Spring |
| Underground structures: | Rhizome |
| Uses: | Groundcover Will Naturalize |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Provide light Stratify seeds: Seeds need alternating periods of warm and cold stratification to germinate Can handle transplanting |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem Layering Division |
| Pollinators: | Moths and Butterflies Bees |
| lovesblooms | On April 25, 2015 | Obtained plant |
| jhugart | On May 22, 2020 | Transplanted Planted in two groups in the East bed with the plants from Plant Place. One group is behind the water barrel, the other is against the basement wall behind taller plants. |
| jhugart | On May 22, 2020 | Obtained plant Acquired three small plants from Mother Earth Gardens in Northeast Minneapolis, MN. |
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