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Plant overview
Deep lavender-blue, saucer-shaped, spring and summer flowers and deeply divided, mid-green leaves. The loose clusters of lavender-blue flowers, pink-tinged at the centre, look lovely weaving in and out of the front of a mixed border. The plant rapidly forms a dense carpet of foliage, valuable for suppressing weeds.
- Postition: South , West , East
- Soil Type: Normal , Alkaline (Chalky) , Heavy Clay (remains damp) , Light Sandy (dries out quickly) , Acid
- Soil PH: Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Flowering Period: Summer
- Ease of maintenance: Easy
- Fragrant: No
- Spring Colour: medium green
- Summer Colour: deep blue
- Autumn Colour: deep blue
- Winter Colour: not-applicable
- Leaf Colour: Green
- Poisonous: No
- Evergreen: No
- Season of interest: Spring, Summer, Autumn
Garden care
In mid-summer rejuvenate plants that are beginning to look jaded, by removing old flowered stems and leaves. Lift and divide large colonies in spring.
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