Among the most popular perennial for shaded areas these plants form a sturdy mound of foliage, topped with lily-like blooms. This selection features thick, creased powder-blue leaves with streaky yellow margins lightening to white as the season goes on that are cupped with the ability to hold water. Stalks of near white flowers rise above in June.
Type: Perennial
Height: 1.7 ft
Spread: 2.7 ft
Zone: 2
Sun: Part Shade
Soil: Moist
Flower: Early Summer, White
Fruit: Edible Foliage, No Fruit
Growth Rate: Medium growth rate
Foliage: Mounds of heavily textured and deeply cupped foilage
Applications: Used as a border plant, a groundcover or in a mass planting
Ornamental features: Blooms in early summer
Deer/Rabbit: Rabbit resistant
Sun: Part Shade
Drainage: Requires average moist conditions
Maintenance: Low maintenance
Pruning: Plants go dormant in fall - dying foliage can be removed any time before mid-spring.