I quite like Blue Note in its windy way. I have it in a small raised bed and it trails and meanders. I do hope it beefs up a but next year. LDD behind it might work well
I liked 'Blue Note' in a pot, it proved quite hardy here through several winters without protection. 'Nachtvlinder'.. needs hard pruning after first flush and tip pruning to keep compact.. 'Blue Merced'.. rather mauve,.. no idea if it's hardy.. 'Delice Feline'.. similar to Blue Note but more upright.. no idea if it's hardy either.
For me Blue Merced came through the winter in the ground and in a pot near the house, but a potted one that I left in the open died. I haven't come across Delice Feline before - I might try it next year if I see one for sale.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
I do like the toughness of the Blue Note. I haven't watered much this year. It's lovely as a cut flower as the stalks are long. It could certainly do with regular hacking back, but also nice to leave it to its own devices. This has been a bit of a "cursed bed" for me but its working now.
This the So Cool PB that has recently gone in. I will be wanting to keep it small-ish. It has to play nicely with the plants already there. It's a full sun/no watering bed and it's good to find things that thrive in that env. I hope it will get through the winters.
I’ve grown white and blue agastache from seeds, they were fine until last winter when it was particularly cold and they all died, also, they are slug magnets. I’ve got Salvia Black and Blue, very similar to Amistad but much more hardy. Survives every winter.
I bought this one in the summer, but the snails went for it. It is still young, in a 2 litre pot. I am going to have to keep it on a windowsill over winter. I brought it in overnight in summer because of the snails. The snails always lose to the bees in my garden....
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Re SCPB, how small is smallish Fire? I find it pretty vigorous. One I manage to keep to about 70x70cm if I keep pruning it back throughout the summer, but I’ve let another run riot and it’s currently 2x2m! It probably won’t get to those proportions in the UK, but think you will still need to keep on top of the pruning.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Lol. I was hoping for about 50x50cm or less. It is planted into more or less pure sand, and packed in with other plants, so I am (perhaps foolishly) hoping it will stay small. It's in a pretty exposed place, so I'm not convinced it would get through a hard winter. It's just an experiment.. I don't think it's a great pollinator plant anyway. I'm trying out achillea and linaria too next year.
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'Nachtvlinder'.. needs hard pruning after first flush and tip pruning to keep compact..
'Blue Merced'.. rather mauve,.. no idea if it's hardy..
'Delice Feline'.. similar to Blue Note but more upright.. no idea if it's hardy either.