BOTANICAL: Catananche caerulea 'Giant Blue'

PRONOUNCED: kat-AN-ak-ee see-ROO-lee-uh


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COMMON: Blue cupidone, Cupid's dart.

BLOOM
HEIGHT
LIGHT
ZONE
Mid-June to August
18" - 2 ft.
Sun
4 - 9

June - Blue

COMMENTS: An old fashioned garden favorite. Grasslike, gray-green, hairy leaves grow in a clump. The tall flower stems support 2-inch open blossoms much incised around the rim. It prefers a well-drained, light soil in the dry side. The dried flowers are used in flower arrangements.

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