This is the Forget-Me-Not of old fashioned gardens everywhere. A treat and a treasure that is easy to grow. These biennials or short-lived perennials will self-seed where happy, which is in most gardens. Height to 6 inches.
This unusual plant from the Tibetan Himalayas is rarely seen by western gardeners and is rarely available. The tight rosettes extend in the spring to produce 30cm (12in) stems that sport a succession of 2cm (1in) primrose yellow tubular flowers for most of the summer. An exotic but subtle plant for...
Annual herb with a bushy and freely growing habit to 60-80cm. Has hairy leaves on hollow stems with pendant sprays of azure blue star-shaped flowers with five petals. It flowers freely all summer and early fall. Can be cut back to encourage more flowers and to control sprawl.