Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade Partial or Dappled Shade |
Plant Height: | 12 - 24 inches |
Plant Spread: | 12 - 18 inches |
Flowers: | Showy |
Flower Color: | Blue |
Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
Flower Time: | Spring Late spring or early summer |
Uses: | Medicinal Herb Vegetable Salad greens Will Naturalize |
Edible Parts: | Stem Leaves |
Eating Methods: | Raw Cooked |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies Hummingbirds |
Propagation: Seeds: | Stratify seeds: 3 months at 40 degrees Seeds are hydrophilic Other info: This plant self seeds. |
Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
Pollinators: | Bumblebees Bees Various insects |
Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil |
Chillybean | On June 24, 2015 | Transplanted My third variety of Cow Slobber (my favorite common name for this plant... how about Snotweed? ) I planted the plugs on this date in our prairie-to-be and the leaves are still growing a little. I do not expect them to bloom this year. |
variegatagal | On April 4, 2021 | Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc) |
variegatagal | On October 9, 2020 | Obtained plant Painted Flower Farm |
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