Mertensia virginica
Virginia Blue Bells (Virginia Cowslip)
- Produces lovely pink buds that open to sapphire blue bell flowers in March - May
- Excellent in woodland setting and waterside plantings
- Natural habitat: floodplains, slope forests
- Pollinated by long- tongued bees, but supports many other early pollinators
- Best in organic-rich, well drained soils with even moisture
- Pt.shade/ shade
- This species is ephemeral, which means that its foliage dies back in summer
- Interplant with other perennials and ferns
- Reseeds freely
- Great massed
- Category:
Perennials,
Natives,
MD Native Plants
- Hardiness Zone: 3-8
- Height: 8-18 in
- Spread: 18-24 in
- Bloom Color:
Blue,
Pink
- Foliage Color:
Green,
Blue-green
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