Hardy Herbaceous Perennial

• Flowers in : Summer
• Germination : Easy
• Aftercare : Easy
• Ideal for : Borders, Cottage Gardens
• Special Features : Flowers in 1st Year
• Height : 15 inches

Description

This delightful plant, which can be found tucked into rock crevices in the Caucasus mountains, is equally at home in any light garden soil. It has a floppy arching habit, producing branching stems up to a foot long liberally sprinkled with nodding blue violet tubular bells. Easy to grow and it self seeds happily but never gets out of hand. Excellent for the border, rockery etc. Flowers early summer. Height 38cm (15in).

Sowing Instructions

Sow from spring to mid summer at 16-21C (60-70F) on the surface of a good seed compost and gently firm down. Sealing in a polythene bag after sowing is helpful. Germination usually takes 14-28 days.

Growing Instructions

When seedlings are large enough to handle, transplant into 7.5cm (3in) pots of a free draining compost and grow on in cooler conditions. When well rooted in their pots plant out in late summer/autumn 30cm (12in) apart in ordinary, well drained soil and full sun.

Aftercare

After flowering, unless you wish it to self seed, removal of the flower heads is helpful. A short lived perennial which is best treated as a biennial.