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Anchusa azurea 'Dropmore'
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Loved by Pollinators
- Self-sows
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Tried & tested by Sarah
Super productive variety
Easy to grow
One of my favourite edible flowers for salads and ice cubes, and an excellent May-July flowering garden plant in the most incredible blue
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Garden Birds
- Loved by Pollinators
- Self-sows
Product details
- Type
- Perennial
- Position
- Border (Middle)
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- May - July, the following year
- Height
- 90cm (36in)
- Common name
- Italian Bugloss
- Moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Spread
- 45cm (18in)
- Cultivation
- Sow the seeds in a seed tray and cover thinly. Place the tray in the shade and water well. Germination should take a week. Once large enough to handle transplant to a pot for growing on. Otherwise you could also sow direct in spring or late summer.
Care Tips
Deadhead to encourage further blooms, otherwise leave alone to establish. Although short lived this will self seed freely if happy in it position. It's natural habitat is on hillsides and field edges that remain well drained all year long.
Flowering Time
May - July, the following year
