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Catananche caerulea |
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| Common name |
Cupid's dart |
| Family |
asteraceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z4-9) |
| Flowers |
blue (summer) |
| Size |
18-24" |
| Light |
sun |
We've grown this grassy-leaved composite several times now. It's not particularly long-lived, usually petering out after two or three years - and it hasn't thus far self-seeded during the stints in our garden, so that it needs repurchasing (or restarting from seed) to keep around. Every once in a while, we indulge, because its blue flowers are charming in summer. Surprisingly, the one we bought this year turned out to be a mostly-white specimen - although upon fading, its petals reverted to a splotchy blue that's quite nice too.
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In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: side garden About my plant portraits
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Last modified:
June 13, 2006
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