Lithodora: Evergreen and Electric Blue Radiance
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Lithodora is a new one on me as well, but perhaps that's because I used to garden where it is too cold for it (zone 5) and now I garden where it is too warm (zone 9). -
Gorgeous! ~Heather -
Douglas Hunt - I've seen catalogs claim this will work up to zone 10 or 11, but truly wonder about that. It can handle our heat and humidity, however it will start coughing and sputtering for some water during those hottest of times.
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I like these a lot Laura! I have a thing for blue flowers for some reason! -
I'm partial to the blue, too! I enjoyed your post, Laura! -
I have a large patch of these next to my front steps, that have spread reliably each year. Love them! They get covered with pine straw during fall and winter, and though I'll stop and pick some of the straw off now and then, I mostly forget they're there til springtime, when they pop out in that wonderful, bright blue color. I have not been as successful getting them as happy on the other side of the steps, but good golly, I'll persist! -
definitely will look for these at the nursery - can't plant till May here, but I can plan till then and hope it comes early.... -
Janis - you never know: that section on your "other side of the steps" just might surprise you one day and you'll have lots of blue flowers! I had thought ours was dying, ripped it out (or so I thought) and was pleasantly surprised one day by a new crop that seemed to pop up overnight in the same spot! Molly F - I love the planning part of gardening too - so many catalogs with so many pages marked up! :)
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Thanks, Laura, I am optimistic about that spot this Spring. It's still alive, so I will look forward to it spreading gradually. Each year, the gardens get better; some things fade away, and some things flourish, and I am always adding my favorites, getting new ideas and "visions". -
I experience the same thing Janis - there are plants that I didn't expect to thrive that continue to amaze me, and there are plants I thought would be so easy to grow yet I fail at maintaining them. I need to think of those as plants just fading away, as you say. It sounds much better! ;)
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So often, the reason for them fading away for me in Georgia, is not watering them well enough in our droughts, to get them well-established... The survivors survive through the tough love that I give them! -
"tough love" - another good description! :)
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I live in Las Vegas, will they grow here?????? -
it's a zone 5 plant... we MAY be able to keep it alive in Minnesota... depending on it's tolerance to heat, you should be able to grow it in Las Vegas. If it requires full sun, give it partial sun in your area and make sure it gets watered regularly. -
Thanks Susy Olsen for jumping in here! :)
