
trefle.io · Taken Jun 6, 2021 by Manuel Barón (cc-by-sa)
Campanulaceae
Sheepbit
Jasione montana
Also known as Sheep's bit scabious, Jasione montana, Blue bonnets, Ovilla globulariiflora
Native Plants · Wildflower · Rock Garden · Blue Flowers · Meadow · Pollinator · Coastal · European Native · Low Growing · Perennial
Sheepbit is a charming low-growing wildflower that prefers well-drained, sandy or rocky soils in a sunny to partly shaded position. It requires minimal care once established and is well suited to rock gardens, meadow plantings, or coastal gardens. Water moderately and avoid heavy, fertile soils that can cause lush growth at the expense of flowering.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately; allow the top inch of soil to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4.5–5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Albania, Algeria, Azores, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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