Mertensia virginica - (Virginia Bluebells)
GARDEN SITE: ⛅-☁️. Average, Medium, Well-drained Soil. Prefers Moist, Rich soil.
SIZE: ⬆1 ½ -2 ft. ↔1-1 ½ ft.
FLOWERS: Sky Blue flowers March to April.
WILDLIFE: Attracts Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
ZONE: 3-8
DISTRIBUTION: AL , AR , DC , DE , GA , IA , IL , IN , KS , KY , MA , MD , ME , MI , MN , MO , MS , NC , NJ , NY , OH , PA , TN , VA , WI , WV
Beautiful nodding clusters that start of having pink buds and then opening into light blue trumpet-shaped flowers. Makes a stunning show fem blooming en masse. Native habitats include moist woods & clearings and river bottoms. Spring Ephemeral (plants go dormant in summer). Best planted in masses and left undisturbed. Rabbit and Black Walnut Tolerant.
“Mertensia” name honors Franz Carl Mertens (1764-1831), a German theology and language major. “Virginica” literally means of/from Virginia
GARDEN SITE: ⛅-☁️. Average, Medium, Well-drained Soil. Prefers Moist, Rich soil.
SIZE: ⬆1 ½ -2 ft. ↔1-1 ½ ft.
FLOWERS: Sky Blue flowers March to April.
WILDLIFE: Attracts Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
ZONE: 3-8
DISTRIBUTION: AL , AR , DC , DE , GA , IA , IL , IN , KS , KY , MA , MD , ME , MI , MN , MO , MS , NC , NJ , NY , OH , PA , TN , VA , WI , WV
Beautiful nodding clusters that start of having pink buds and then opening into light blue trumpet-shaped flowers. Makes a stunning show fem blooming en masse. Native habitats include moist woods & clearings and river bottoms. Spring Ephemeral (plants go dormant in summer). Best planted in masses and left undisturbed. Rabbit and Black Walnut Tolerant.
“Mertensia” name honors Franz Carl Mertens (1764-1831), a German theology and language major. “Virginica” literally means of/from Virginia
GARDEN SITE: ⛅-☁️. Average, Medium, Well-drained Soil. Prefers Moist, Rich soil.
SIZE: ⬆1 ½ -2 ft. ↔1-1 ½ ft.
FLOWERS: Sky Blue flowers March to April.
WILDLIFE: Attracts Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
ZONE: 3-8
DISTRIBUTION: AL , AR , DC , DE , GA , IA , IL , IN , KS , KY , MA , MD , ME , MI , MN , MO , MS , NC , NJ , NY , OH , PA , TN , VA , WI , WV
Beautiful nodding clusters that start of having pink buds and then opening into light blue trumpet-shaped flowers. Makes a stunning show fem blooming en masse. Native habitats include moist woods & clearings and river bottoms. Spring Ephemeral (plants go dormant in summer). Best planted in masses and left undisturbed. Rabbit and Black Walnut Tolerant.
“Mertensia” name honors Franz Carl Mertens (1764-1831), a German theology and language major. “Virginica” literally means of/from Virginia
GARDEN SITE: Part Shade to Full Shade. Medium to Wet, humusy soil. Goes dormant in early summer if soils dry out.
SIZE: 1- 1 ½ ft. Spread: 1 ft.
FLOWERS: Bright Yellow Blooms April to June
WILDLIFE: The seeds are distributed by ants,
ZONE: 4-9
Plants will go dormant in early summer if soils dry out. Great for shaded areas of woodland, native plant gardens. Combine with bluebells, trillium and Jacob’s ladder for a colorful woodland garden.