To me, in the garden at Lewis Cottage this plant, along with the wild primrose is the embodiment of Spring. Its delightful, large blue-violet flowers almost of an unnatural hue are borne in spring above unspotted, dark green foliage. It is an excellent groundcover plant for a shady spot (though ours thrive in dappled shade). Choose a place where the soil retains moisture over the summer and where the bright flowers can be fully appreciated.\u2028Encourage plant growth by taking off the flowers when they’ve gone over.
\nPosition: Dappled shade
\nSoil: Moisture retentive
\nRate of growth: Moderate
\nFlowering period: Spring
\nHardiness: Hardy
\nPot size: 1L
\nEventual height and spread: 30 x 30cm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Delightful, large blue-violet flowers are borne in spring above unspotted, dark green foliage. It is an excellent groundcover plant for a shady spot. Choose a place where the soil retains moisture over the summer and where the bright flowers can be fully appreciated.\u2028Encourage plant growth by taking off the flowers when they’ve gone over.<\/p>\n
Position: Dappled shade
\nSoil: Moisture retentive
\nRate of growth: Moderate
\nFlowering period: Spring
\nHardiness: Hardy
\nPot size: 1L
\nEventual height and spread: 1ft x 1ft<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[85,101,37,83,49,87,57],"product_tag":[269,193,219,182,240,199,216,192,180,188,198,187,195,189,197,196,194,203,190,191],"class_list":{"0":"post-1455","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-featured_plants_for_sale","7":"product_cat-plants_m-p","8":"product_cat-plants_for_sale_a-z","9":"product_cat-seasonal_plants_for_sale","10":"product_cat-plants_in_situ","11":"product_cat-spring_plants","12":"product_cat-yellow_garden_plants_for_sale","13":"product_tag-bright-blue-flowers","14":"product_tag-buy-plants-online","15":"product_tag-compact","16":"product_tag-cottage-garden","17":"product_tag-dappled-shade","18":"product_tag-devon-plants-for-sale","19":"product_tag-front-of-border","20":"product_tag-garden-club","21":"product_tag-hardy","22":"product_tag-lewis-cottage","23":"product_tag-moorlander","24":"product_tag-ngs-devon","25":"product_tag-online-plant-sales","26":"product_tag-perennial","27":"product_tag-plant-nursery","28":"product_tag-private-garden-tours","29":"product_tag-shade-plants","30":"product_tag-spring-flower","31":"product_tag-the-garden","32":"product_tag-woodland","34":"first","35":"outofstock","36":"shipping-taxable","37":"purchasable","38":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/1455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=1455"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=1455"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewiscottageplants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=1455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}