Flowers: Spring

Height: 6 inches

Position: Sun or Partial Shade

Hardiness Rating: 5 6 7 8 9

Germination: Easy

Aftercare: Easy

Description: Compact and ball shaped with bright blue flowers.

Sowing Instructions: Sow in late spring early summer outdoors in a well prepared seed bed. Sow the seeds very thinly 3mm (1/8in) deep in drills 30cm (12in) apart. Keep the soil damp until germination takes place and thin out the seedlings to 15cm (6in) apart when large enough to handle.

Growing Instructions: Transplant 23cm (9in) apart into flowering site in the autumn for flowering the following spring.

Aftercare Instructions: They will grow in most sites and soils but do best in part shade.