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Another excellent banner & plant, Nancy!
Do you have pics of the whole plant in it's natural environment?
It's a bulb? The leaves look more like a bushy plant.
I would try to grow them, but think it's too hot & dry here.

Mertensia virginica

Delicate-looking pink buds open to reveal hanging, bell-shaped flowers of porcelain blue in mid spring. This native U.S. species is prized by bees, hummingbirds and butterflies as an early nectar source. A beautiful, hardy perennial that creates a striking contrast when planted with Daffodils. Wonderful addition for under trees!

A colony of bluebells is truly an amazing sight to behold! The blooms will last for many weeks in early spring (April and May) and will go dormant by mid-summer. Virginia Bluebells prefer soils typical of a woodland - rich and a little on the wet side.

- Prairie Moon Nursery
https://www.prairiemoon.com/me...