Description
This is unusual in making its leaves in the autumn but its flowers in the spring. These are good-sized, blue stars with a hint of violet and have petals which do not reflex back as they do in some related species. The depth of blue is variable in the species but no forms that I have seen are bad.
This has acquired a false reputation for lack of hardiness, I say ‘false’ as our mother stock was raised in the harsh continental climate of central Europe before it moved to Wales and it is doing just as well here! Well drained sunny spot.
