Berrybank Nursery, 5 Boggs Holdings, Pencaitland, East Lothian, EH34 5BA
Catananche caerulea
Common Name: 'Cupid's dart'A. clump-forming perennial with strap-like leaves and lavender-blue, cornflower-like blooms with dark centres formed on tall wiry stems. Jun-Sep. H60cm S30cm.
Care Instructions
Requires a very well-drained soil in full sun and is drought tolerant. Good planted en masse. Grow with grey or silver-leafed plants such as artemisia and Stachys byzantina which enjoy similar growing conditions and so make natural partners.
- Herbaceous Perennials
- Good as cut flower
- Good for seaside
- Good for sun
- Good for dry soil
- Good for well-drained soil
- Blue flowers
- Good for autumn
- Good for summer
Plant No: 609