Cerinthe

CERINTHE Perennial Plant Catalogue

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CERINTHE Requires well-drained soil in full sun. Sets seeds which usually come up the next year. We sell this in the spring as it is best treated as an annual.

Cerinthe major `Purpurescens’ Ink-blue bracts which end in small clusters of plum-purple tubular flowers during the summer. Fleshy blue-green leaves, can remain evergreen in sheltered sites but often treated as an annual. Height and Spread 45cm.