Adenophora pereskiifolia 'White Blaze'
ladybells
Closely related to the campanulas, adenophoras are gorgeous perennials that puts on a luminous display in summer.
Adenophora 'White Blaze' is an elegant beauty, producing white, purple-flushed, flaring bell-shaped flowers on upright panicles - and it will be equally at home in a herbaceous border, a prairie-style setting or an open woodland.
Adenophora 'White Blaze' is an elegant beauty, producing white, purple-flushed, flaring bell-shaped flowers on upright panicles - and it will be equally at home in a herbaceous border, a prairie-style setting or an open woodland.
How to care for Adenophora pereskiifolia White Blaze:
Incorporate some well-rotted organic matter with the excavated soil when planting and firm around the plant and water in well.
These plants resent root disturbance, so try to plant them somewhere that they will be able to settle into. Protect the emerging foliage from slugs and snails in spring.
These plants resent root disturbance, so try to plant them somewhere that they will be able to settle into. Protect the emerging foliage from slugs and snails in spring.
Flowering period:
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Eventual height:
1.2m
Eventual spread:
0.6m
Position:
Full sun
Rate of growth:
Average
Soil:
Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Hardiness:
Fully hardy
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This perennial dies back to below ground level each year in autumn, then fresh new growth appears again in spring.
