There are lots of Cyananthi brightening the slopes of sinohimalayan mountains in autumn, some blue, some purple, and a few pale yellow. All have trailing stems radiating from a central point; almost all are excellent plants to grow, and the best are stunning.

Cyananthus microphyllus has much smaller leaves than most varieties, and it particularly attractive all the time, but all the more so when its purplish blue flowers appear. The first of these come late in the summer, but they then continue until the frosts.