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Love the blue flower . What is it called please ?

7 years ago

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Elemental Designs
7 years ago
Verbena bonariensis, one of my signature flowers and always found in my gardens. Needs a sunny position, copes well with dry soils and can grow to 1.5+ if happy. It does tend to self seed, so you never run short of replacements for the following year.
tjcs11
Original Author
7 years ago
Thank you very much.
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