Chaenorhinum origanifolium 'Blue Dream'
Dwarf snapdragon
Also known as Linaria origanifolia, Scutellaria oreganifolia, Chaenorrhinum origanifolium 'Blue Dream'
- Height × spread
- 0.2m × 0.5m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Flowers
- Summer
Availability
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About this plant
A dainty plant with masses of soft blue-lilac flowers that have short plump tubes with broad, wide-open scalloped lips. Within can be seen a cream yellow throat. They are carried in warm brown calyces. The flowers come from June to August and make a low spreading mist of soft colour. It is low-growing and spreading and grows naturally in rocks, preferring lime to acidic conditions. The plant will happily self-seed.
- Flower colour
- Blue, Lilac
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.2m
- Spread
- 0.5m
- Season of interest
- Summer
- Flowers in
- Summer
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Small scale garden, Gravel garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, tolerates part shade
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- Alkaline, Neutral
- Drainage
- Well drained soil, Dry soil
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Wall cover, Bee attraction
- Walls
- South, West facing
- Hazards
- No
AutumnNow
Autumn · Planting
Divide when too large
The plant can be divided if it becomes too large, or another plant is required. This may involve physically dividing the clump in two, removing offsets or small bulbs or dividing rhizomes. The new plants can be grown in a pot, or planted in the ground.
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water during dry periods
For plants in the ground, when there has been little or no rain for a period of 7-10 days and the soil is dry, give it a deep watering and repeat weekly until there is a downpour of rain. Check plants in pots more frequently, especially in hot weather.