Omphalodes linifolia
(Venus's Navelwort)
Family - Boraginaceae
Category - Annual
Origin - Southwest Europe
Year of Introduction - First written records date from 1648
Season of Interest - Summer
Hardiness - H3
Height - up to 45cm
Width - 15cm
Location - The White Garden
Description: Elegant annual with grey-green, lanceolate foliage. Upright Racemes of small, five-petaled, white flowers are backed by green, star-shaped calyces. Flowers are produced as early as late spring and continue through the summer.
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Flower:
Small, white flowers with five petals and green, star-shaped calyces are produced in upright racemes from June through August.
Flower colour: White
Flower shape: 5-petaled flowers in racemes
Flowering time: June, July, August
Foliage:
Silvery-grey, lanceolate foliage.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Lanceolate
Propagation:
Seed.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in reasonably fertile, moisture-retentive, but well-drained soil.