Tough perennial has narrow gray foliage and stalks light purple flowers throughout summer.
Keep soil moist but not saturated. Fertilize with flowering plant food according to label directions.
Uses in beds, borders, containers, hanging baskets.
An annual is a plant that completes its life cycle in the span of one growing season. This means they grow, flower, and then die; usually at the first frost, unless it’s a cool season annual such as pansies, which bloom fall, winter and spring, then fading in the summer heat.
Annual flowers are a primary source of landscape color, while some trees, shrubs, ground covers and perennials provide short periods of color, annuals provide instant color for a long time.
Prepare the area for planting by loosening and conditioning the soil with an organic soil conditioner according to directions.
Dig the hole 2 times the width of the root ball and slightly less than the height of the root ball. Allow the top surface of the root ball to rest slightly higher than the soil line.
Carefully remove the plant by squeezing the container and slowly removing the root ball. Do not pull on the plant trunk; instead let the root ball slide out by tipping the container at an angle. Set the plants root ball in the hole making sure the top of the root ball is slightly higher than the surrounding ground level. Backfill soil mix around plant to ground level and tamp lightly to remove air pockets.
Water thoroughly to settle the soil around the plant. Add more soil mix around plant if necessary after watering.
Add a 2-3" layer of mulch around plant to conserve soil moisture and eliminate future weeds.