Genus: Ceratostigma

Beautiful.....

Beautiful colour. I had one in my other garden but when I moved all the cuttings I took failed. I must get one for next year.

i love this, colour is beautiful

Wonderful color. Looks like the blue sprouts from red. Great

Beautiful!

great color...

~fantastic!~

Wow... great blue...

~fantastic blue!is it easy to grow?

Beautiful blue. :o)

OMG what a Gorgeouse BLUE :O

beautiful one. Great shot too!

That is a gorgeous shade of blue for a Plumbago Tutmos, the one I had in my Spanish garden was very pale sky blue...and very lovely too....

What a beautiful shade of blue....and such a detailed photo..

Oh, I like those,beautiful flower Tutmos. Fantastic colour.

beautiful colour tutmos

Tutmos ~
I've just put this on my favourite photos.
Such a lovely blue flower.
Thanks for uploading this picture :o)

We have one of these in our front garden and it is always a delight to see it when it flowers...

Pretty! That's a much darker blue than I'm used to seeing on these.

Hi Garcan, no it is a Ceratostigma, and i believe it is related to Plumbago, not Gentian - but don't hold me to that. unlike the Plumbago it is fully hardy in most parts of the UK, but it is a fussy little plant, it likes quite a bright posisson, but with some dapled shade for the hottest part of the day, during the summer, with plenty of sun in the colder months(if we get any that is! lol) - although it dose go dormant in the winter. not too wet, not to dry, and quite sheltered. but if you hit the right conditions it is an easy plant to grow. i have mine at the base of and south east facing tree, not too close to the roots, but close enough to be under its canopy during the summer. so it gets plenty of light but a bit of shade in the afternoon during the summer, but in full sun when the tree is bare. it seems to be working, mine is doing lovely, but i know a few others have had problems with them, - oh and my soil is a bit on the acid side, not sure if this is a factor, proberly is as it seem to like edge of woodland type conditions.

Majeekahead
What is the name of this attractive plant? Is it a type of gentian?

Lovely - the two I planted last year are a dead loss. I'l have to try again but with more light.

I love these. :-)

fantastic blue with that dark foliage!

Love The Blue :)

Thanks :)

Wow..! This is a very arresting, eyecatching photo.

The blue flowers look fantastic against that yellow foliage !

I,ve had the opposit here ,mine has hardly any flowers

Thanks

lovely

sounds like a good plan to me, mine has been relatively easy, even if the conditions are proberly not ideal for it, it seems to be quite happy.

I think I'll pull in into two and put one half in shade under the apple tree and the other half in a semi shady place. One will be right then I hope!!

well, mine is planted under the canope of a large tree, - not close to the base, so it does get plenty of sun, but it is in shade during the afternoon, but during the winter and early spring it is in full sun, as the possition is south facing and the tree drops its leaves. but having said that as i said before i thought i had lost it, it came back around the same time the leaves come on the tree so that it did have a bit of shade, so i would say that semi shade is best, but a bit of sun obviously has'nt done mine any harm, it's far bigger and better this year! hope this helps.

THanks for the advice. I'm not sure where to put it now - my book says it prefers 'some shade' not I'm not sure how much shade that is and what time of year it expects it.....

Good choice Sid, they are beautiful, and don't be fooled when it dies back into thinking it's dead. i humed and harred about digging it out in the spring as i though i'd lost it - it is very late in going back into new growth. and the books tell you it's annual or not fully hardy, but with a little patience its come back lovely and about 3 times the size!

Sorry sid i thought that was a request then lol ☺☺☺☺☺

Purely by coincidence, I bought one of these this morning!

this has'nt flowered yet sid, and not sure on dividing or cuttings, so if you don't mind waiting i can collect some seed when it flowers - but as the name saggests, it flowers in autumn.

Or this one? ;-)