Anchusa azurea is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, known by the common names garden anchusa and Italian bugloss (or just "bugloss"). It has straight lance-shaped leaves and petite tubular flowers about 15 millimeters across with five bright violet-blue petals. These flowers, which typically appear in May–July, are edible and attract bees. This species is native to Europe, western Asia, and eastern Maghreb. It grows to around 0.5-1 metres tall and 0.1-0.5 metres wide, carrying deciduous foliage. Grow it in full sun and partial shade and most soil types. It tolerates soil of any pH, moist but well-drained conditions and south-facing, west-facing, east-facing and north-facing aspects.

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Anchusa azurea

Anchusa azurea 'Feltham's Pride Strain' is a bristly herbaceous perennial in the Boraginaceae known for its massed violet-blue tubular flowers. Plants typically reach about 1.5 m tall and 60 cm wide and carry straight, lance-shaped leaves. Flowering runs from June to September and the blooms are attractive to bees. It prefers full sun and well-drained soil and becomes drought-tolerant once established.

Anchusa azurea 'Feltham's Pride Strain' produces violet-blue tubular flowers from June to September in a sunny, well-drained site.

Anchusa azurea 'Feltham's Pride Strain'

Garden Anchusa (Anchusa azurea 'Feltham's Pride Strain')

Anchusa azurea 'Morning Glory' is a herbaceous perennial cultivar within the Anchusa genus, known for its spreading branched habit and deciduous, hairy foliage. Like other Anchusa plants, it produces clusters of tubular blue flowers, typically in spring and summer. This cultivar thrives in full sun or partial shade and is adaptable to various soil types including chalk, clay, loam, and sand, preferring moist but well-drained conditions. Suitable for wildlife gardens, cottage and informal gardens, as well as flower borders and beds, it is hardy in the UK (H5) and can be propagated by seed, root cuttings, or softwood cuttings.

Anchusa azurea 'Morning Glory' is a hardy herbaceous perennial with spreading habit and tubular blue flowers, ideal for wildlife and cottage gardens in spring

Anchusa azurea 'Morning Glory'

Anchusa officinalis, also knowns as common bugloss or common alkanet, is a species of flowering plant in the borage family. It is native to Europe and small parts of western Asia, but has been escaped from cultivation to grow in additional locations in Europe and the Americas.

Anchusa officinalis, or common bugloss, is a hardy H5 plant ideal for wildlife gardens and flower borders, thriving in full sun to partial shade.