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 caspitosa \u2013 Anchusa caespitosa<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 This dwarf species reaches 2-4\u201d tall and 6-8\u201d wide and derives from the Mountains of Greece. \u00a0It forms a dense mound perennial with rosettes of narrow linear hairy dark green leaves 2 \u00bd\u201d long. \u00a0In summer it bears clusters of stem less white-eyed brilliant blue flowers to \u00bd\u201d across.<\/p>\n Zones 5-8<\/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":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[49,38,31,20],"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-160254809"},"_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\/6151"}],"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=6151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=6151"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=6151"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=6151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}