Blue Star Creeper

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Starry flowers over an exceptionally long season blanket petite, ground-hugging foliage. Ideal as a small-scale ground cover, cascading over rocks or from hanging baskets, or as a filler between paving stones. Can tolerate light foot traffic. Also known as Pratia pedunculata.

Companion Plants

Gayfeather

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Gayfeather

Large, impressive flower spikes are outstanding cut or dried flowers and a magnet for butterflies. Attractive planted with rudbeckia, echinacea or phlox. Blossoms open from top of spike; simply remove spike tips to trim away faded flowers.

Salvia

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Salvia

Create a vivid floral display with spikes of lovely flowers in shades of blue, pink or white. Plant in cottage or wild gardens, in large groups to emphasize its color, or in mixed container gardens. An excellent complement to any garden setting. 

Coneflower

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Purple Coneflower

Abundant flowers attract butterflies to a wide range of landscape settings. Beautiful in perennial, wildflower, cutting or mixed gardens. Attractive planted with monarda, daisies, phlox, liatris or ornamental grasses. Will tolerate periods of drought.

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Common name

Blue Star Creeper

Botanical name

Isotoma fluviatilis

Zone

USDA 5 - 10

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Bloom color

Blue

Bloom time

spring-fall

Light

sun

Height

2-4" (5-10 cm)

Habit

mat-forming

Water

weekly during dry spells

Feed

use all-purpose

Maintenance

keep weed-free