It doesn't look great - rotted possibly. I just looked at mine yesterday and it isn't very inspiring. It still has some green leaves right at the top, but the rest was pretty sad and I thought it had gone, but I noticed there were really tiny little green shoots right in at the base, so it migth come away. Mine is in a raised bed, with free draining soil/compost, in the sunniest site I can give it, but - as with many plants, it's the wet cold that knackers them more than anything. That's the norm here, so mine will get binned if it doesn't pull through and improve. There are better plants to grow IMO, that give a good, more reliable result.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Yes, it was such a wet few months. What would be a good replacement, loved the colour, it's a sunny spot. Carpet rose and caligrass behind it. Must be easy and reliable. Loved the shade of purple this had before it perished. Suppose Lavender is possible but sounds a bit unreliable.
Not quite the same intense blue but Nepeta is a long flowering, reliable perennial @Ivy2. There are lots of varieties, I grow Purrsian blue, horrible name but nice plant! It’s very popular with bees too.
You could also use Aquilegias - there are lots of darker blues if it's the colour you want, and they won'tmind sun if the soils damper. I don't like blue very much, unless it's very dark and/or purpley blue, so it's harder for me to suggest things that would suit. Delphiniums perhaps - but they're slug magnets!
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Mine is in a raised bed, with free draining soil/compost, in the sunniest site I can give it, but - as with many plants, it's the wet cold that knackers them more than anything. That's the norm here, so mine will get binned if it doesn't pull through and improve. There are better plants to grow IMO, that give a good, more reliable result.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I don't like blue very much, unless it's very dark and/or purpley blue, so it's harder for me to suggest things that would suit. Delphiniums perhaps - but they're slug magnets!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...