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Asteraceae
Cupid's-dart
Catananche caerulea
Also known as Catananche, Blue cupidone, Blue succory, Catananche bicolor
Native Plants · Blue-Flowers · Cut-Flower · Dried-Flower · Pollinator · Cottage-Garden · Mediterranean · Perennial · Low-Maintenance · Border-Plant
Cupid's-dart is a charming perennial prized for its papery, lavender-blue flowers that are excellent for cutting and drying. Plant in a sunny to partly shaded spot with well-drained soil and water every 7–10 days, allowing the soil to dry between sessions. It is low-maintenance, deer-resistant, and a reliable pollinator magnet in cottage or meadow gardens.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply but infrequently; allow soil to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Division
Hardiness
USDA 4a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Algeria, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Jawa, Libya, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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