Plant Type

Perennial

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

Blue

 

Flower Season

Spring, Summer

 

Leaf Color

Green, Grey Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Sun

Full

 

Water

Low

 

Growth Rate

Fast

 

Soil Type

Sandy, Clay, Loam

 

Soil Condition

Average, Rich, Poor, Well-drained, Dry

 

Soil pH

Neutral, Basic

 

Adverse Factors

Invasive

Design Styles

English Cottage, Meadow, Mediterranean, Ranch

 

Accenting Features

Showy Flowers

 

Seasonal Interest

Spring, Summer

 

Location Uses

Perennial Border, Parking Strip

 

Special Uses

Cut Flowers, Naturalizing

 

Attracts Wildlife

Butterflies

Mountain Bluet is a tough perennial, growing in a dense rounded mound about 12 to 18 inches tall and wide, with dark green to grey-green simple leaves and beautiful blue flowers with petals that look like eye-lashes. Blooms late spring to early summer. It has a tendency to spread by stolons and reseeding, and so rarely ends up where you started it. If tidiness is your thing, walk past this charming flower; it's best suited to cottage style gardens, meadow-like gardens, and more naturally-styled spaces.

Grow in well drained soil in full sun to light shade. Adaptive to many soil types except wet ones. It will spread by stolons and reseeding and take up residence where it finds a suitable environment. Deadheading may prolong bloom season, Cut back to ground in late winter to early spring.