{"title":"Anchusa","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnchusa flowers generally open in late spring to early summer and deadheading will lengthen the flowering season. They are drought tolerant plants that prefer a full sun location in the garden. While anchusa loves rich soils, the plants tend to flop over in them, so lean soils are best. Overly wet soils will cause anchusa to rot, so make sure that your garden soil is amended to be well drained. Anchusa leaves may look haggard after flowering and in late fall but cutting the plants back hard will rejuvenate them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e While anchusa makes a wonderful blue-flowered garden perennial for most, in some places (NW US, NE US) certain species can be invasive, so check your local conditions before planting bugloss. In the SE US, anchusa does not like the humidity so you do not often see it south of NC. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTry pairing the intensely blue-flowered anchusa with white flowers like daisies (\u003ca title=\"See our collection of leucanthemum (daisies) for sale\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/leucanthemum\"\u003eleucanthemum) \u003c\/a\u003eor yellow flowers like black-eyed Susans (\u003ca title=\"Rudbeckia\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/rudbeckia-cone-flowers\"\u003erudbeckia)\u003c\/a\u003e. Trivia - In some places (i.e., Crete), the locals treat anchusa as a culinary plant and boil, steam or fry the tender new stems or use the flowers as a salad garnish.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"anchusa-capensis-blue-angel","title":"Anchusa capensis Blue Angel","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnchusa capensis 'Blue Angel' is an easy-to-grow ornamental borage, native to much of South Africa's driest regions and into the Kingdom of Lesotho at elevations from sea level all the way to 10,000'. The sandpapery green-leaved basal rosettes give rise to 18\" tall stalks in spring, which open to reveal a mass of cobalt blue flowers. After 4-6 weeks of flowering, cut the stalks back to the ground to start the process over again. Despite many references to Anchusa capensis as an annual, it's actually a perennial, with each rosette lasting between 3 and 5 years. Anchusa 'Blue Angel' also naturalizes well from seed, so as long as your soil is well drained, you'll never go wanting for the blues again.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":6354603868199,"sku":"13720","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Anchusa-capensis-Blue-Angel.i-13720.s-67153.r-1_a7356bb3-59a4-4e07-aae7-541cc65dba2c.jpg?v=1791486109"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/collections\/Anchusa-capensis-Blue-Angel_1900x350_8071d258-f06d-47b3-8fd8-f3c01e8dadbb.jpg?v=1680550498","url":"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/anchusa.oembed","provider":"Plant Delights Nursery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}