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Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 8b
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees

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Common names
  • Lithodora
  • Purple Gromwell
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Glandora prostrata
  • Synonym: Lithodora prostrata
Also sold as:
  • Lithodora diffusa 'Heavenly Blue'

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Location: KALAMA WA
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: Fairfax, VA
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2007-04-04
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-04-18

photo credit: Dinkum

Date: 2013-06-27
Beautiful true blue ground cover for early spring.
Location: Temple, Texas
Date: 2019-04-05
Potted with dwarf monkey grass and balloon flowers.
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