Hardy Blue-Flowered Leadwort
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Plumbaginaceae
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Western China
Location
Source of plant
Sunny Border Ohio, Bluestone Perennials, Bluebird Nursery Inc.
Description
Perennial herb to 50cm; stem slender, ascending, bases woody, herbaceous above, sometimes partially setose. Leaves about 9cm, obovate, somewhat undulate, thin-textured, bright green, glabrous to glandular hispidulous, margins ciliate. Corolla to 2cm, dark blue.
USDA Hardiness Zone
5