California State Flower! very fitting. This plant is resilient, rapid-growing, adapted to drought, self-sowing, and effortless to cultivate in gardens. It thrives as a yearly plant in full sunshine, but can also handle some shade. It favors well-drained, sandy, and often poor soils.
Valued for its lengthy, spiral-like flower clusters that open in succession, providing an extended blooming season. Functions as an insectary for pollinators like honey bees and hoverflies, which act as natural pest controllers by consuming aphids and other insects. The intricately lacy leaves are divided into smaller, toothed lobes and the densely hairy flower cluster contains blue and lavender bell-shaped blooms in a curved or coiled formation. Seeds require darkness for germination.
