There are about 350 species of erect to spreading or mound forming annuals, biennials, and short lived perennials, in this genus. \u00a0They derive from sunny dry sites in temperate regions of Europe, Africa, and Western Asia. \u00a0It produces alternate linear to lance shaped to elliptic leaves sometimes with covering of bristly hairs. Grown for their tubular usually blue flowers, which are borne in terminal and axillary cymes over long spring and early summer season. \u00a0They do not fade easily. \u00a0The flowers attract bees. \u00a0Great for herbaceous border, container and rock gardens.<\/p>\n
These frost hardy plants will grow in any moist but well-drained moderately fertile soil in full sun. Tall species may need staking. \u00a0In hot areas plant in partially shade helps maintain color. \u00a0Feed sparingly and water generously. \u00a0Leave plenty of room for roots to spread. \u00a0Cut back top growth after flowering to encourage the development of over wintering basal leaf growth. \u00a0Deadhead after the first flush of flowers to encourage a second flush. \u00a0Most resent excessive winter moisture. \u00a0Divide perennials in winter.<\/p>\n
Prone to rust, mildew, leaf scorch, basal rot, cutworms, chafer grubs<\/i><\/em>, and vine weevil larvae <\/i><\/em>eat roots.<\/p>\n Anchusa azurea <\/b><\/strong>\u2018Loddon Royalist\u2019<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0 \u2013 Anchusa italica \u2013 Italian Alkanet \u2013 Blue bugloss<\/b><\/strong> \u2013 This sturdy, species grows 3\u2019 feet tall and 2\u2019 feet wide. \u00a0This erect clump forming perennial has basal 4-16\u201d long leaves, which are linear-elliptic to lance shaped, mid to dark green with coarse hairs. From spring to summer it bears tiers of deep blue \u00bd\u201d wide flowers.<\/p>\n Zones 3-8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Anchusa \u2013 Alkanet \u2013 Summer Forget-me-not There are about 350 species of erect to spreading or mound forming annuals, biennials, and short lived perennials, in this genus. \u00a0They derive from sunny dry sites in temperate regions of Europe, Africa, and Western Asia. \u00a0It produces alternate linear to lance shaped to elliptic leaves sometimes with covering […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":29677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[55,38,31,20],"product_tag":[],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160254802"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/6144"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6144"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=6144"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=6144"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=6144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}