Blue Shrimp Plant - Honeywort Cerinthe Major Flower Seeds
Honeywort is very easy to grow from seed. It attracts bees, butterflies, and birds including hummingbirds! On top of that, it is deer resistant. It has stunning blue-purple flowers that you just have to see in person to believe, and it has blue leaves. It is a very unique and outstanding plant!
Name: Blue Shrimp Plant Other Common Names: Honeywort / Blue Wax Flower Scientific Name: Cerinthe Major Color: Blue Leaves With Blue-purple Flowers Plant Seeds: Outdoors After Frost / Indoors Weeks Before Last Frost Bloom Time: Mid Spring - Mid Summer Hardiness Zone: N/a (but It Reseeds Itself Easily So It Acts Like a Perennial in All Zones) Plant Height: 18 - 24” Plant Spacing: 9 - 12” Light Requirements: Sun - Part Shade Soil & Water Preferences: Average
I do not have an indoor garden so I am waiting until spring to plant. I will try planting closer to Feb or March in small pods watering with spray bottle, and slowly introduce the plants to outdoor conditions.