Re: Blue Flowers in Zone 3
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- Subject: Re: Blue Flowers in Zone 3
- From: "* Y* <m*@javanet.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1998 14:26:15 -0000
I love the Lungwort. I think that the flowers are stunning and the foliage
is also very attractive. I have mine where it gets the morning sun, and it
gets all limp-looking. Does that mean that it needs to be in shade?
Marie
Z5
Mass.
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From: B. Luby <bjluby@avalon.nf.ca>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: Thursday, June 18, 1998 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: Blue Flowers in Zone 3
>I have been successful in growing these perennials
>in Zone3, Canada. The first group appears in varying shades
>of blue, and the latter grouping varies from
>blue to blue-purple. I love the blues! Would
>like to hear from others, especially in colder
>climates who are growing blues/purples.
>
>Aconitum, ("Monkshood")
>Centaurea montana,
> Mountain napweed.
>Campanula carpatica, ("Carpathian harebell")
>Geranium "Cranesbill", Philippe Vapel
>Myosotis scorpioides "Forget Me Not"
>Muscari armeniacum "grape hyacinth"
>Polemonium caeruleum "Jacob's Ladder"
>Pulmonaria "Lungwort"
>Siberian squill (scilla sibirica),
>Vinca Minor, Periwinkle, Myrtle "Mrs. Bowles"
>
>PURPLE
>
>Aster alpinus
>Ajuga
> A. reptans "Bugleweed"
> A. atropurpurea "Burgundy glow"
>Crocus vernus cv., colchicum
>Lupine
>Salvia officinalis, purpurea. Purple sage
>Violet (violet)
>Veronica, repens (Creeping speedwell)
> Veronica incana (Wooly speedwell)
> Veronica "Whitleyi" This is new, and surprise !! the
> tiny flowers are pale blue.
>
>
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