Oriental Lily Starlight Express
Produced in Holland and Chile to support year-round growing, Starlight Express has deep pink flowers with a white border. Hardy to Zones 4 to 9, it’s a fragrant plant that grows 20 inches tall and likes full sun to partial shade. Starlight Express blooms from February to December.
For more: Flamingo Holland, www.flamingoholland.com
Lobelia Deep Blue Star
Part of the Lobelia Star series, Deep Blue Star has an early flowering time, producing medium-sized, blue-violet flowers with no eyes. Its habit is vigorous, upright and compact. It can be produced in 4- to 5-inch pots.
For more: Westhoff, www.westflowers.de
Verbena Seabrook’s Lavender
A vivacious “vervain,” Seabrook’s Lavender is a low-growing, spreading plant that blooms large flowers from June until late September. It grows to 3 inches in height and has a spread of 22 inches. A tender perennial, it is hardy to Zones 8 to 10.
For more: Blooms of Bressingham, www.bloomsofbressinghamplants.com
Insider Info
Seabrook’s Lavender gets its name from Peter Seabrook, a British gardening journalist and broadcaster who discovered the variety in his garden.
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