Jovellana - violet teacups

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$5.20

Long red stems tinkle to the sound of dozens of tiny teacups twirling in the breeze - this charmingly vintage herbaceous perennial is gorgeous in cottage gardens and informal flowering beds.

Those red stems appear through the year while the plant is growing, and the freckle-faced teacups bloom in spring and summer. Our tubestock plants are already in bud and flower so it won't be long before it's teatime in your garden too.

larger plant images: Leonora Enking cropped to size.

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Description

JOvellana violacea - violet teacups, violet slippers

APPEARANCE : Upright rangy herbaceous shrub with red stems, pale purple bell-shaped flowers, freckled inside, in summer. RHS Award of Garden Merit
USE FOR : Cottage gardens, flowering borders.
CLIMATE : Protect from frost
PLANTING : Grows in any well-drained alkaline to acid soil, from sand to clay. Flowers best in full sun. Mulch after planting to retain moisture and regulate soil temperatures as the young plant establishes.
CARE : Prune after summer flowering to encourage new flowering stems to develop. Follow with an application of a native slow release fertiliser.
HEIGHT & WIDTH : 1.5 - 2 m H x 1 m W.
YOUR PLANTS : These are tubestock plants, healthy young plants with new roots that will establish quickly in your garden. The pot size is 80mm high and 42 mm wide.
You can see an example in the image gallery.
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