Family - Polemoniaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Summer
Hardiness - H7
Height - 75cm
Width - 50cm
Location - The Cutting Garden
Description: A clump-forming herbaceous Perennial with tall, upright stems. Mid to dark green leaves are ovate to lanceolate in shape. Salver-shaped flowers are a very pale shade of blush pink to white and each Bloom has soft lavender-pink flecks towards the centres. The Blooms are held in panicles atop upright stems and are produced from mid to late summer. Attractive to pollinating insects and excellent for use as cut flowers.
Salverform flowers are palest blush pink and marked with pale lavender-pink towards the centres. The flowers are held in panicles atop upright stems and are produced from July through August.
Flower colour: Pink, white
Flower shape: Salverform flowers held in panicles
Flowering time: July, August
Ovate to lanceolate leaves are mid to dark green. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on the tall, upright stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Ovate to lanceolate
Cuttings, division.
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.