OMPHALODES cappadocica 'Cherry Ingram'
Small
Part shade
Blue
Fertile soil
Spring
RHS Award of Garden Merit
Description
Height x Spread: 20cm x 30cm
Commonly known as navelwort, 'Cherry Ingram' has stunning, bright blue forget-me-not like flowers during the spring, it is a compact, mat-forming perennial with fine ovate leaves.
This Omphalodes will thrive in partial shade and is ideally suited to under-planting of trees and shrubs, or edging your shady beds and borders. It will thrive in humus rich soils, flowering for weeks on end .
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