Description
Buglossoides –
There are about 15 species of hairy annuals, rhizomatous perennials and evergreen or semi evergreen subshrubs, in this genus. They occur in sunny scrub and rocky slopes in temperate Western and Southern Europe, Africa, and parts of Western Asia. The erect or decumbent stems, which sometimes root at the tips, and produce variable, simple, broad to narrow bristly hairy, mid to dark green leaves. They bear terminal cymes of small starry or salverform flowers. Grow in a border, rock garden or wild garden.
Grow in well drained, fertile, neutral to alkaline soil in full sun with some midday shade. Divide perennial in early spring.
B. gastonii – This rhizomatous perennial from the Western Pyrenees grows 12-18″ tall and 12″ wide. From erect stems it carries ovate-lance shaped to lance shaped, rough, mid green leaves, to 2 ½” long. In early summer it bears cymes of initially purple, later blue flowers, to ½” long, with white throats.
Zones 6-8
