Erigeron glaucus is a very flowerful & easy plant to grow in dry sun. It blooms continuously through the summer, with the largest number of flowers coming in June. Bloom can start in April & end in October. Bees love it. The normal flower color is blue-lavender. 'Sea Breeze' has pink flowers & seems to be the form most commonly sold in Seattle. The plant is low & spreading, not more than one foot high & up to 3 feet wide. It looks nice cascading over rocks & walls. It is drought tolerant, but can't do entirely without water during the summer. Water regularly, but not heavily, or more than once a week. The stems of this plant & sometimes also the leaves survive the winter. Don't cut it back to the base, just remove the obviously dead parts, mostly the flower heads. It is native to the California & Oregon coasts, where it grows on bluffs, sand dunes & beaches.
Dan's garden (and greenhouses), my second BC stop
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Today we go back up to Vancouver, BC, and my quick visit earlier in the
month. After we finished up at Claude's garden, he took us over to visit
Dan's plac...
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