| The absolute top performing Lisianthus in our trial gardens this year, the Sapphire series forms neat, mounded little plants that just cover themselves in blooms! Garden visitors will think you go around trimming these plants, so symmetrical are they -- and the long, slender buds, arising in a big candleabra, burst into magnificent bloom all summer long! Best of all, the Sapphire series never needs staking, yet it delivers a bouquet of color as showy as any of the taller varieties! The best Lisianthus for bedding, the Sapphire series (also sold separately as Blue Chip and Pink Rim) grows perfectly shaped little plants with big, beautiful 2½-inch blooms. Blue Chip's flowers are white except for a brilliant azure rim that looks like pursed lips -- Pink Rim's have the same pattern, but the edging is soft lavender-pink. Together in this mix they are perfectly complementary! Ideal for a large planting, the two colors are uniform in size and bloomtime. VERY attractive, yet so easy! I always think of Lisianthus as the master of disguise in my garden, because its buds look exactly like Roses, its newly-opened blossoms like Tulips, and the older flowers like Poppies! A superb cutflower, it keeps its form and shape nicely. And in the garden, you will find the Sapphire series to outbloom all others, treating you to encore after encore as the season winds down. I love plants that liven up instead of dying down at the end of the season! This plant reaches 6 to 10 inches high and wide, making it fine for containers as well as the sunny garden. It thrives in any good garden soil, and will delight you over a long summer season. Enjoy! Pkt is 25 seeds. |
