Cerinthe, Kiwi Blue 

(70 days) Cerinthe major purpurescens

Cerinthe overwinters spectacularly in our Zone 7 fields and is the first thing to bloom amongst all overwintered annuals and flowers even before our anemones!  The Kiwi Blue produces cascading grey-green speckled foliage that terminates in a blue-purple bract.  This showy bract is the attraction of Cerinthe, but it actually hides a diminutive flower, and in this way is very similar to statice.  An annual that grows up to 30”; space 12” apart.  FLA. 

Packet (1.5g ~30 seeds)