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- Does Lithodora come back every year?
- Is Lithodora Hardy?
- Is Lithodora drought tolerant?
- Is Lithodora a perennial?
- Can you split Lithodora?
- How do you prune Lithodora?
Does Lithodora come back every year?
Lithodora Growing Tips
Lithodora is a great spreading plant for rock gardens, beds and borders, as a ground cover. Lithodora blooms profusely in spring, and less frequently through the summer. Plants are evergreen.
Is Lithodora Hardy?
What is Lithodora? Botanically known as Lithodora diffusa, this plant is a hardy ground cover that produces masses of tiny, intensely blue, star-shaped flowers from late spring throughout most of summer.
Is Lithodora drought tolerant?
This evergreen perennial grows 1 foot high, spreading 3 to 4 feet. The often scruffy looking foliage is compensated for by incredible true blue flowers summer, fall. It can be grown in full sun to part shade, is quite drought tolerant and deer resistant and can be used as a groundcover.
Is Lithodora a perennial?
Lithodora diffusa (syn. Lithospermum diffusa), or purple gromwell, grows as a perennial ground cover in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 5 through 10, depending on the cultivar.
Can you split Lithodora?
You can divide the plant with a shovel. Just make sure that each division has both roots and tops attached. Small holes are much easier to dig than large ones! Best wishes with your lithodora.
How do you prune Lithodora?
Trim the plants back with a pair of sharp pruning shears in the summer after the flowers stop blooming. Cut away leggy stems and wayward branches. Trimming the plants controls the shape and size of the Lithodora.
