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Synonym(s) Goniolimon collinum Common name lavender statice Family plumbaginaceae Life cycle perennial (Z5-9) Flowers white (summer) Size 20" Light sun From seed germinate at room temperature detailed seed-starting info below Seed ripens late September A seed-grown selection from Jelitto, of a plant native to the Balkans and Romania. Features evergreen bluish-green basal leaves and statice-like white blooms on sturdy stalks. Ours didn't bloom until their third year, but their leaves already added interest in the previous year. In the years since then, the plants have only become more robust and spectacular, making quite a statement in late June.

Long leaves draped languorously over adjacent rocks in mid-November

and not all that much worse for the wear in mid-March, after the months-long snow cover receded

Individual flowers open up in succession, so that the spray stays white for a long time

We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston.

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Seed-starting details for this plant

2009. Seed from Jan09 Jelitto purchase. Baggy 70F (98%G, 5-8d)
2010. Same seed as above. Baggy 70F (93%G, 5-10d)
2013. Seed from '12 garden. Baggy 70F (30%G, 5d)
2014. Seed from '12 garden. Baggy 70F (13/++G, 7d)
2015. Seed from '14 garden. Baggy 70F (20%G, 10-15d)
2019. Seed from '15 garden. Baggy 70F (no G, 18d)

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