Omphalodes cappadocica 'Cherry Ingram'
(Navelwort 'Cherry Ingram')
Family - Boraginaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Hardiness - H5
Height - 25cm
Width - 40cm
Location - The Spring Garden
Description: A low-growing, rhizomatous Perennial with a clump-forming habit. Dark green leaves are oval to lanceolate in shape and pointed at the tips. The foliage is covered in short, coarse hairs and is Evergreen. Small forget-me-not-like flowers are saucer-shaped and bright periwinkle blue, each Bloom with a central white Eye. The flowers are held in Racemes and produced prolifically in late spring.
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Flower:
Small saucer-shaped flowers are bright periwinkle blue. Each bloom has a small white eye at the centre. The flowers are held in racemes and produced in abundance in May.
Flower colour: Blue
Flower shape: Saucer-shaped flowers in racemes
Flowering time: May
Foliage:
Mid to dark green leaves are oval to lanceolate in shape and pointed at the tips. Each leaf is covered in coarse, short hairs. The foliage is Evergreen and held at the base of the plant.
Foliage Senescence: Evergreen
Foliage Shape: Oval to lanceolate
Propagation:
Division.
Cultivation:
Best in partial shade in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.