Tweedia coerulea
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Pollinators
- Perfect for Pots
There is no other plant with flowers this colour – true Verdigris; when copper oxidises to give this incredible, vibrant Aegean sea blue.
Tweedia coerulea is an excellent small container plant, and cuts well (although not prolific), but most of all it’s an exceptional and unique border plant for a sheltered, sunny corner. If you over-winter, out of the frost, it flowers bigger and better from one year to the next. You have to grow it
On occasion we may need to send you an alternative variety to the one shown, which will be selected by our growing team to ensure its suitability. It will be of equal or greater value to the original. Please contact our customer service team if there are any problems.
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Pollinators
- Perfect for Pots
Product details
- Type
- Perennial (grown as an annual)
- Position
- Cutting Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- July - October
- Height
- 90cm (36in)
- Common name
- Blue Milkweed
- Moisture
- Moist but Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Spread
- 75cm (30in)
- Cultivation
- Sow indoors in spring; sow thinly and cover lightly, placing somewhere warm until seedlings emerge. Pot on and move to a cooler location. Harden off before planting outside after last frosts. Provide support and pinch out to promote bushiness.
Care Tips
Only reliably hardy in the mildest of gardens, so grow as an annual or a conservatory perennial. Evergreen when kept above 5°C.
Flowering Time
July - October
