ALKANET TRUE BLUE UK RARE HARDY PERENNIAL WILD FLOWER

GREEN ALKANET

PENTAGLOTTIS SEMPERVIRENS

RARE BRITISH WILDFLOWER

DYE PLANT FROM THE MIDDLE AGES.

EXQUISITE BLUE FLOWERS

HARDY PERENNIAL

SOW NOW.

THIS WONDERFUL HARDY PERENNIAL SPECIES IS A RARE BRITISH WILDFLOWER AND SELDOM SEEN IN CULTIVATION.

NOT STRICTLY A BRITISH NATIVE THIS SPECIES WAS INTRODUCED TO THE UK IN THE MIDDLE AGES AS A DYE PLANT AS THE ROOTS PRODUCE A STUNNING RICH RED DYE.

THIS PLANT IS USUALLY FOUND ON THE SITES OF ANCIENT RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES.

YOU ARE BIDDING ON 10 LARGE FRESH SEEDS.

THIS SPECIES IS EARLY INTO GROWTH IN SPRING AND PRODUCES A ROSETTE OF COARSE, HAIRY DARK GREEN LEAVES.

FROM THE CENTRE OF THE PLANT RISE MULTIPLE FLOWERING STEMS UP TO 18 INCHES TALL, TOPPED WITH CLUSTERS OF THE MOST EXQUISITE TRUE BLUE FLOWERS.

FLOWERING OVER A LONG PERIOD THEY CAN BE CUT BACK AND WILL FLOWER AGAIN RIGHT THROUGH THE SEASON TO THE FIRST FROSTS.

THIS SPECIES PREFERS SHADE AND A MOIST SOIL BUT WILL FLOWER AND PERFORM WELL IN FULL SUN ONCE ESTABLISHED.

WILL SUIT BORDERS AND SHADY CORNERS, BOG GARDENS, POND OR STREAM EDGES OR WILD PLANTINGS.

EASY FROM SEED

FULL GERMINATION AND CULTURAL DETAILS SUPPLIED.

THIS SEED WAS COLLECTED FROM THE SITE OF AN ANCIENT MEDIEVAL RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY IN DORSET ON PRIVATE LAND AND WITH THE OWNERS PERMISSION.

PLEASE SEE MY OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE ARE AND UNUSUAL SPECIES.