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Trachelium
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| I use Trachelium caeruleum
in light shade to full sun. The
leaves are ovate and lightly dentate. They carry a bit of red on the veins and
stems. Trachelium caeruleum is a sub-shrub that grows to about 3 feet. I occasionally get one to
grow a second season. I often get seedlings. Throatwort has a great late spring
through fall bloom. Traachelium caeruleum will continue to bloom if the dead flowers are removed.
Trachelium caeruleum has
survived in my yard to the low 20's. I think it did so because it was able to harden
off, as it was killed by less intense cold nearer the coast. The
flowers are in 3" umbels at the ends
of the branches.
High resolution images of
Trachelium caeruleum are available.
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