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An eternal favourite for summer bedding, lobelia is a reliable performer as well as perfect if you are looking for frothy cascades of colour. Lobelia erinus ‘Laura’ offer a heat and drought tolerant form of lobelia which do not require deadheading.Deeply Delicious Lobelia have been especially selected as a cache of treasured sapphire and topaz jewels. These heavenly lobelias will vigorously bloom from June to September for enduring and captivating displays. All are loved by pollinators and are renowned for giving continual waves of annual colour alongside their ability to froth and trail in pots, rockeries or anywhere in need of groundcover.Use these beauties to add spilling interest wherever their 20cm trailing habit will be most appreciated. Perfect for cottage garden style planting and as well suited to balconies or smaller gardens as they are to country estates! Adaptable, tender annuals which prefer moist, well-drained soil in full sun or part shade. H&S: 30cm. Collection comprises:erinus ‘Laura Sky Blue’erinus ‘Laura Blue Eye’erinus ‘Laura Deep Blue’
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Key Information
| Included In this Collection | Lobelia erinus Laura Sky Blue YP | Lobelia erinus Laura Blue Eye YP | Lobelia erinus Laura Deep Blue YP |
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| Latin Name | Lobelia erinus Laura Sky Blue YP | ||
| Hardiness | H2 (1 to 5°C) | ||
| Colour | Blue | ||
| Type | Perennial | ||
| Format | Young Plants | ||
| Position | Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun | ||
| Foliage | Deciduous | ||
| Height in Maturity (m) | 0.30 | ||
| Spread in Maturity (m) | 0.30 | ||
| Soil Conditions | Chalk Clay Loam Sand | ||
| Soil Acidity | Acid Alkaline Neutral | ||
| Aspect | East-facing, North-facing, South-facing, West-facing | ||
| Trailing | Yes | ||
| Drought Tolerant | Yes | ||
| Good for pots | Yes | ||
| Good for hanging baskets | Yes | ||
| Good for Rockeries | Yes | ||
| Good for wildlife | Yes | ||
| Good for pollinators | Yes | ||
| Good for groundcover | Yes |
