About
This perennial forms a compact, bushy clump and features blue-green, semi-evergreen leaves. From spring through autumn, it produces small, funnel-shaped flowers that are pinkish-red and appear in dense clusters.
About the genus
Centranthus can be either annuals or perennials, characterized by typically simple, opposite leaves and clusters of small, trumpet-shaped blooms arranged at the tips of the stems.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Exposed, Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H5
Plant details
- Plant type
- Herbaceous Perennial
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Semi evergreen
- Height
- 0.5-1 metres
- Spread
- 0.5-1 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- Coastal, Cottage and informal garden, Wildlife gardens
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Grow in a well-drained soil that is poor to moderately fertile, ideally a chalky or stony soil. Good drought resistance; thrives on walls and in coastal gardens. Needs full sun to flower well
- Pruning
- Cut down stems in autumn or if self-seeding is a problem then cut back hard in July after their first flowering
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed sown in spring
- Pest resistance
- Generally pest-free
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free