Mazus Pumilio
A pretty diminutive herbaceous plant. When grown inpeat and sand in an open situation it survives from year to year, but it will not live through the winter in cold clay soils. Its pale green foliage...
it will not live through the winter in cold clay soils. Its pale green
foliage is seen to advantage in carpet bedding, and its branched
violet flowers, put forth from June to September, make it a desirable
rock-work plant. It may be increased by transplanting, at the end of
April, the rooted stems which run under the surface of the ground.
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