Phyteuma
Rampion
- Height × spread
- 0.25m – 0.25m × 0.3m – 0.3m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
Please ask in store about availability
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About this plant
These are plants that are generally of modest height and have long, fairly slender pointed leaves that grow into clumps. The flowers are carried on slim stems and may sit within, or rise above the foliage. The flowers sit on bracts and can be spiked or rounded and in shades of blue, violet, or even white. They are summer flowering. These are not showy plants though they have great appeal when in flower. Position them in raised beds or rock gardens, or at border fronts where they wont be submerged.
- Flower colour
- Mauve, Purple
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Dome
- Height
- 0.25m – 0.25m
- Spread
- 0.3m – 0.3m
- Season of interest
- Summer
- Evergreen
- Deciduous
- Garden style
- Wild flower meadow
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, tolerates part shade
- Soil type
- Loam (normal)
- Soil pH
- Acid (ericaceous), Neutral
- Drainage
- Well drained soil
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Bee attraction
- Hazards
- No
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 - late · Outdoors
Feed with sequestrol
If plants are acid loving and grown in soil with little acidity, or in a container, or are watered with limey tap water an annual feed with sequestrol (iron chelate) is highly beneficial. Follow guidelines on the packet. Will also 'blue-up' hydrangeas.
For hydrangeas that have good blue flowers in acid soil, this product can be used with alkaline soil to turn the flowers blue. This is most effective when the soil is neutral or just slightkly alkaline.
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.