Description
Very unusual purple flowers above silver foliage.
This is best suited to the crevice or similar area in the alpine rock garden or container.
Flowering: Summer
Hardiness: Hardy – if kept as above
Height: 20cm
Spread: 15cm
Common Name: Purple Fringe/ Silky Phacelia
Life Cycle: perennial
Family: Boraginaceae
Foliage: lacerate
Basic Colour: ( purple )
Flower Colour: purple
Natural Flowering: May – June
Winter Hardiness: Fully Hardy
Height with Flowers: 10cm
Soil Requirements: well-drained / average / moist
Soil ph: acid / alkaline / neutral
Location: container / rock garden / border / Mediterranean
Usage: ornamental / bee food plant
Pruning: leave to self seed
Tolerates: drought tolerant / deer resistance / rabbit resistance
Origin: USA
noella Savundranayagam (verified owner) –
THIS PLANT WHEN IT ARRIVED IT WAS IN A PRITTY BAD STATE AND DID NOT LOOK HEALTHY.
JOHN Davies (verified owner) –
Great plant
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Sharon (verified owner) –
Brilliant plants at a good price, delivered quickly. Definitely recommend.
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Helen D. (verified owner) –
Lovely plant Arrived quickly & well packed A++++
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Mary Uhl (verified owner) –
I lost the one I bought last year.
Vivienne (verified owner) –
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Jan Wilson (verified owner) –
Russell O. (verified owner) –
A nice healthy plant growing away nicely
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Christopher White (verified owner) –
Very small and only one or two healthy leaves. Planted in a scree bed. Quite extensive roots so hopefully will thrive
Christopher W. (verified owner) –
Fantastic plants
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