General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 2 to 3 feet
Plant Spread: 1 to 2 feet
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Other: 5 radially symmetrical blue petals with white eye.
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Flowers
Eating Methods: Raw
Pollinators: Various insects

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Common names
  • Green Alkanet
  • Evergreen Bugloss

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Location: Belsay Hall garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2023-05-23
Location: Belsay Hall garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2023-05-23
Location: Belsay Hall garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2023-05-23
Location: Nature Reserve Gent, Belgium
Date: 2008-04-21
Location: Hortus Camera Lapidea 
Date: 2023-04-25
Location: Hortus Camera Lapidea 
Date: 2023-04-25
Location: Nature Reserve Gent, Belgium
Date: 2008-04-21
Location: Hortus Camera Lapidea 
Date: 2023-04-25
Location: Nature Reserve Gent, Belgium
Date: 2008-04-21
Location: Nature Reserve Gent, Belgium
Date: 2008-04-21
Location: Nature Reserve Gent, Belgium
Date: 2008-04-21
Location: Nature Reserve Gent, Belgium
Date: 2008-04-21
Location: Hackney, North London, UK
Date: March
credit: Youatt

Date: 2013-06-22
Photo courtesy of: Colin-47

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