Re: blue flower
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: blue flower
- From: L*@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 12:59:42 EDT
> Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 22:52:37 EDT
> From: Dee Ann Scheller <dee.ann.scheller@juno.com>
> Do any of you plant it in your perennial flower gardens? Does it
> spread and become unmanageable? This time of year I need some >thing to
compliment the black eye susan
I, too, believe the flower you are seeing is chicory. It was introduced from
Europe and now grows wild in virtually every state of the union. I think it
is pretty, too, and it does brighten up the roadsides, however I don't think
it would be a good candidate for a garden. It is a very prolific self
seeder. If it spread all over the country, it will surely spread all over
your garden.
Here are some other ideas for late-summer blooming blue flowers to complement
your black eyed susans:
Asters (select one that starts blooming early), Campanula x Kent Bells,
Nepeta, Adenophora, Ceratostigma plumbaginoides, Scabiosa, Perovskia,
Veronica and Echinops. I think Echinops in particular looks great with
Rudbeckia. --Janis
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