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Honeywort ( Cerinthe major) features delicate, bell-shaped flowers surrounded by colorful bracts and framed by rounded green-gray foliage. While the flowers are fairly small and insignificant, it is the large, tubular bracts that are one of honeywort's most striking features.


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Growing Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens' from seed is a walk in the park. Cerinthe has long been a favourite of mine in the flower field…a really reliable and unusual hardy annual. Its leaves are amazing…fleshy…purple/green/blue…ovoid…and often mottled with white specs. The flowers are tubular bells inside 'felt tip blue' bracts.


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LIGHT PREFERENCE: Sun. SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Well-drained soil of moderate fertility. PLANT SPACING: 12-18". HARDINESS ZONES: Annual. HARVEST: Fresh: Harvest when bracts darken to blue and flowers are purple. USES: Cut flowers, beds, and borders. Attracts bees and hummingbirds. SCIENTIFIC NAME: Cerinthe major purpurascens ALTERNATE NAMES: Honeywort


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Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens' HoneywortAnnualFamily: Boraginaceae Height: 60cm Spread: 60cm Hardy Attractive to wildlife Flower colour: Foliage colour: Position Soil Honeywort, Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens', is the perfect hardy annual for filling gaps in the ornamental border.


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Cerinthe major, called honeywort along with other members of its genus, is an annual species of flowering plant in the genus Cerinthe, native to the Mediterranean region (southern Europe, western Asia and northern Africa), and introduced to New Zealand. [2]


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Noted for its handsome foliage and colorful bracts, Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens' (Honeywort) is an upright annual boasting blue-green leaves and clusters of 2-3 tubular rich purple-blue flowers surrounded by large, almost heart-shaped, sea blue bracts.


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The Cerinthe blue shrimp plant ( Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens') may be an annual in colder climes or a half-hardy perennial. The flowers are tiny and insignificant but are covered by colorful bracts. The bracts deepen into a bluer hue as nighttime temperatures cool. During the day they are a lighter, purple tone.


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Cerinthe significant purpurascens (purple honeywort) is one of the most unusual seed-grown plants to become commonly available in recent years.


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Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens'|honeywort 'Purpurascens'/RHS Gardening Annual Biennial Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens' honeywort 'Purpurascens' 'Purpurascens' is an upright annual to 60cm, with blue-green leaves and tubular yellow and purple flowers with conspicuous purple bracts Synonyms Cerinthe major var. purpurescens Join the RHS today and save 25%


Cerinthe major purpurascens "Blue Honeywort" Buy Online at Annie's Annuals

Honeywort Common Name: Honeywort Genus: Cerinthe Species: major Cultivar: 'Purpurascens' Skill Level: Beginner Exposure: Full sun Hardiness: Hardy Soil type: Well-drained/light,.


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A recent returnee to the garden scene, Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens', is exactly the sort of tireless worker we need. Commonly called honeywort, this borage relative offers handsome foliage and stunningly colorful bracts that long outlast its small flowers.


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Honeywort, Cerinthe major, is an herbaceous plant native to open meadows and grassy plains of the Mediterranean basin, especially in southern Italy and Greece. The name Cerinthe comes from the Greek keros for wax and anthos for flower, since at one time it was thought bees got wax for their hives from the flowers.


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Discuss Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens' with other Shoot members Cerinthe major 'Purpurescens' Miriam Mesa-Villalba 1221 0 This exotic and unusual-looking plant from central and southern Europe is actually quite hardy. This is a good species in which to see 'nectar theft' in action. Instead of entering the flower as intended and collecting pollen.


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The leaves are 2-3 inches long, glaucous gray in color with white stripes down the leaf during the early season. Leaves lack a petiole and clasp the stem. The foliage effect is coarse and rubbery but the blue-gray effect blends well in the overall landscape. Flowers appear in a terminal, one-sided, bract-enshrouded cyme.


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18 Stunning Blue Flowers You'll Love Having in Your Garden Where to Plant Honeywort Full sun is best to grow the most vibrant honeyworts, but plants can tolerate light shade. They prefer rich, well-drained soil but aren't fussy.


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Cerinthe Major can reach heights of around 60cm and a spread of roughly 45cm. Will CeriNthe Self Seed? Yep! You may find the following year that little bells pop up in the same spot!

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