Don't forget to include ceratostigma for their wonderful combination of red autumn foliage and brilliant blue flowers.
Good grown in pots, as they trail a bit and, once the display is over, just cut down all the top growth and move to an inconspicuous corner.
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I have it already, in a flower bed, spread a bit, needs controlling, but lovely.
Mine's in a pot because I had to remove it from the garden for new drains. It looks great and will stay in a pot
We didn't discuss which ceratostigma we were talking about. I'd assumed plumbaginoides because of the red. But are we?
I don't get much in the way of tints from willmottianum Verdun.
Is griffithii not so hardy? I grew some from seed a few years back but they died in their first winter outside.
Plumbaginoides is stunning. I'd take you a photo if it wasn't dark
I'll see if I can get a photo tomorrow Verdun. I haven't found it too much of a speader in the ground but I will be keeping it in a pot now. It never looked that good in the ground
Now I've learnt something from this. Mine was labelled in the French Garden Centre as Wilmottianum, but on looking it up I'm pretty sure it's Plumbaginoides. It's not very tall and it spreads.
sounds like plumbaginoides. Very floppy and 'all over the place'
wilmottianum has stiff upright stems, a shrubby look to it