Habitat: full sun
Soil: well drained
Height: 30 cm
Flowering: summer
Width: 20 cm
These have round (globular) heads made up of a mass of tiny flowers, almost always smoky blue, on short stems above mats of small leaves. They are always popular.
Globularia cf. nudicaulis SDR6325 makes mats of dark green, spoon-shaped leaves, above which rise upright stems carrying the lavender blue pompoms of flowers.
9 cm pot £4.00
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| Globularia cordifolia makes low tufts of shiny dark green, with short flowering stems, each topped with a little ball of florets, a lovely smoky blue colour. | |
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| Globularia valentina is one of the larger species, originating in Spain. It makes a mat of deep green leaves, evergreen, with many upright stems, each with its round head of violet-blue flowers. |