Quick Profile
Exposure
Full Sun
Mature Height
6 -
36 Inches
Soil Conditions
Dry
Bloom Color
Blue
Pink
Purple
White
Bloom Season
May - October
Hardiness
Tender Annual
Size
Small
Medium
Tall
Features
Excellent low growing, mound plant useful for borders while the taller cultivars make excellent cut flowers.
Culture
Prefers full sun, but tolerates very light shade. Likes soil that is moist yet well-drained. Plant after all danger of frost is past. Needs fertile soils to continue to bloom through the summer. Removing spent flowers aids in rebloom and disease reduction.
Cultivars
- 'Artist' series hybrids 12"-14" blue and purple flowers
- 'Blue Hawaii 5.0' 6"-12" blue flowers
- 'Blue Danube'
- 'Blue Pearl'
- 'Shell Pink Hawaii'
- 'Tycoon'
Tall Cut Flower Types
- 'Blue Horizon' 24"-36" mid-blue flowers
- 'Everest Blue'
- 'Fields'
- 'High Tide Blue'
- 'Red Sea' 24" -36" red flowers
Notes
Great plant for interplanting with light colored or silvery colored foliage plants or with white petunias
