Professional Growing Information Outstanding for season long soft carpet of blue color! Does not require deadheading. No bugs like to eat it. Closer to perfection than any other plant I've grown in my extensive annual flower gardens.
Artist® Blue Flossflower Ageratum hybrid
Exposure
- Part Sun to Sun
Flower Season
- Spring
- Summer
- Fall
Mature Size
Height: 8" - 12"
Spread: 6" - 10"
Height: 20cm - 30cm
Spread: 15cm - 25cm
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Details
8 - 12 Inches10 - 12 Inches6 - 10 Inches20cm - 30cm25cm - 30cm15cm - 25cmFeatures
This heat tolerant plant has small, fluffy, blue button-like flowers that add color all season. The old blooms are buried under new growth so no dead heading is needed.
Award WinnerContinuous Bloom or RebloomerLong BloomingFall InterestHeat TolerantDeadheading Not NecessaryAttracts:BeesBirdsButterfliesHummingbirdsCharacteristics
Plant Type:AnnualHeight Category:ShortGarden Height:8 - 12 Inches 20cm - 30cmSpacing:10 - 12 Inches 25cm - 30cmSpread:6 - 10 Inches 15cm - 25cmFlower Colors:BlueFlower Colors:PurpleFlower Shade:Blue-PurpleFoliage Colors:GreenFoliage Shade:GreenHabit:MoundedContainer Role:FillerPlant Needs
Light Requirement:Part Sun to SunThe optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).
Maintenance Category:EasyBloom Time:Planting To Hard FrostHardiness Zones:9a, 9b, 10a, 10bWater Category:AverageSoil Fertility Requirement:Average SoilUses:Border PlantUses:ContainerUses:Cut FlowerUses:LandscapeUses:Mass PlantingUses Notes:Use in combinations, window boxes and landscaping
Maintenance Notes:Deadheading not necessary for continuous bloom. Plants will "bury their dead" (new flowers will quickly cover old flowers) so no deadheading is necessary. Most other Ageratum will need deadheading.
Unlike most Ageratum the Artist series will bloom through the summer in hot climates. The Dallas Arboretum has used Artist ageratum for years in very prominent locations with great success. They are good in pots or in the landscape. Old flowers should quickly become buried under new flowers so the plant always looks fresh and never look old. The plants shouldn't need much, if any, maintenance. However, if the plants do become ratty or start to overgrow their location you can trim that back at any time. They will flush back into bloom in a week or so.
An application of fertilizer or compost on garden beds and regular fertilization of plants in pots will help ensure the best possible performance.
This strong performing Ageratum has a great growth habit that produces mounds of deep violet-purple flowers. It works extremely well in containers, mixed baskets and in the landscape. This vegetative Ageratum is more uniform and flowers more consistently than seed grown varieties. They are weather-resistant and thrive in bright full sun. Deer-resistant.
Artist® Blue Ageratum hybrid 'Agsantis' USPP 15,289 -
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