trefle.io · Taken Feb 17, 2020 by Ángel Díaz Montes (cc-by-sa)
Boraginaceae
Bugloss
Anchusa arvensis
Also known as Lycopsis arvensis, Anchusa, Buglossa arvensis, Small bugloss
Native Plants · Wildflower · Blue Flowers · Pollinator · Cottage Garden · Meadow · Borage Family · Annual · Self-Seeding · Border Plant · Low Maintenance
Bugloss is an easy-to-grow wildflower that produces small, vivid blue blooms attractive to bees and butterflies through summer. It prefers well-drained to average soils and is best planted in borders, wildflower meadows, or naturalized areas. Deadhead spent flowers to prolong blooming and prevent excessive self-seeding.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; allow the top inch of soil to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -30°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 18 in – 3 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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