omphalodes cappadocia 'Starry Eyes' (sp?)

Does this plant want moist or dry shade?  I just received a nicely healthy plant from Heronswood.  I would be quite sad to lose it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Marilyn Dube [m*@easystreet.com]
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 3:39 PM
To: perennials@hort.net
Subject: RE: blue-eyed mary


Susan,
What's called Blue Eyed Mary here is Omphalodes verna.  A low growing, early
blooming ground cover for shade.  The species has lovely little bright blue
buttons with a white eye.  It is evergreen most winters in the pacific
northwest.
A really hot cultivar is O. cappadocica 'Starry Eyes'.  The blue flowers
have white stripes radiating from the center.  Very nice and also sterile.
This is a genus that Dan Heims from Terra Nova Nursery has been working with
and now has 2 patents.  One I have is 'Lilac Mist' - zone 6.  The flowers
are plain lilac color - not nearly as pretty as Starry Eyes. The other is O.
cappadocica 'Cherry Ingram'.   But I have lost Starry Eyes twice, it seems
to be temperamental.  O. verna is very sturdy.
Marilyn

Marilyn Dube'
Natural Designs Nursery
Portland, Oregon


-----Original Message-----
From:	owner-perennials@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Susan M Campanini
Sent:	Monday, March 11, 2002 8:21 AM
To:	perennials
Subject:	re: blue-eyed mary

Marilyn mentioned the blue-eyed mary in the discussion of lovely blue
things. Collinsia verna is called blue-eyed mary here in the Midwest. Is
this the same plant you're referring to? It seems to be a winter annual;
that is, it blooms in early spring, drops its seeds, and disappears.
This makes it very difficult to collect and sow seed at the right time
for the garden. My husband loves this little plant in the wild, so
charming with its blue and white flowers. Once we dug one up at the side
of the road and it was beautiful in the garden, but didn't seed itself.
I've never seen the seeds for sale or the plants. Anyone know a source?

Thanks,

Susan and David in Urbana, Illinois
zone 5b

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