I wish I could say I was 100% certain on this id, but I salvaged these plants as cuttings from the late Kathy Allens garden in Southern Oregon, where it looked to be thriving. A few knowledgable alpine specialists have seen it and agreed on the id, Although I have never seen the true species in the wild (yet) to be sure.
Whatever you want to call it, it’s a fantastic silvery foliaged, hirsuite specimen with mat forming habit and brilliant blue to dark purple flowers. Kathy’s garden is 300 miles or so South of here and in a much hotter drier location than mine. I will trial this one out in the alpine frame before the garden but I suspect it should do great for folks from average or drier winter rainfall regions.
I wish I could say I was 100% certain on this id, but I salvaged these plants as cuttings from the late Kathy Allens garden in Southern Oregon, where it looked to be thriving. A few knowledgable alpine specialists have seen it and agreed on the id, Although I have never seen the true species in the wild (yet) to be sure.
Whatever you want to call it, it’s a fantastic silvery foliaged, hirsuite specimen with mat forming habit and brilliant blue to dark purple flowers. Kathy’s garden is 300 miles or so South of here and in a much hotter drier location than mine. I will trial this one out in the alpine frame before the garden but I suspect it should do great for folks from average or drier winter rainfall regions.