seeds
Open-pollinated. Annual. Also known as European Honeywort or Wax Plant. Vigorous bushy 12–30" annual comes into focus when cool fall nights accentuate its colors. Coin-shaped grey-green foliage covers the sprawling stems. Profuse blue shrimp-like bracts bear terminal purple flowers shaped like comfrey blossoms. Beloved by bumblebees who jam their heads into the blossoms and make the cutest sound. Also beloved by flower arrangers. Tolerates heat, withstands light fall frosts. Good in a massed border. Direct seed or start indoors 6–8 weeks before setting out after danger of frost. Quick emerging and rugged. About 15 seeds/g. Especially attractive to pollinators. ②
From early May through October 31, items shipping from
our garden seeds warehouse ship twice a week, usually
Tuesday and Thursday. For quickest turnaround
time order online by noon Monday or Wednesday.
We will not be fulfilling seed orders from May
20 - May 22 while we do physical inventory count. Orders
placed by Monday, May 19 at 10am will be shipped before
the break. We will resume normal order fulfillment on
Friday, May 23.
ships year-round
