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Common name blue-flowered grape-leaf Family hydrophyllaceae Life cycle perennial (Z7-10) Flowers blue (late spring-summer) Size 6" tall x 3' wide Light sun-part shade From seed germinate at room temperature Flowers first year from seed sown indoors early. detailed seed-starting info below Native to Western US. Powder-blue flowers contrast nicely with textured mid-green leaves. Not an in-your-face plant, but good filler. One of our 2004 plants returned in 2005 (not surprisingly, since the intervening winter was mild), but didn't return for a third year. In 2008/2009, another one (new from seed) overwintered, and bloomed by late May.

In our garden, this plant grows in the following area: back yard island

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Seed-starting details for this plant

2004. Seed from '03 trade. Baggy 70F (84%G, 6-14d)
2008. Same seed as above. Baggy 70F (14%G, 18-33d) - 70F with light (no further G)
2009. Same seed as above. Baggy 70F (3%G, 18-22d)

Fast-growing, thirsty as seedlings.

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