{"product_id":"leadwort-72-cell-plug-tray","title":"Leadwort - 72-Cell Plug Tray","description":"\u003cp\u003eLeadwort is a low groundcover that saves its best for late in the year. Brilliant gentian-blue flowers open from late summer until a hard frost, just when many other perennials have finished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe green leaves turn bronzy red in fall, so the blue flowers shine against warm-colored foliage. It stays 8 to 12 inches tall and spreads slowly, making a good edging, a cover beneath shrubs or a filler for spots where spring bulbs have faded.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat it looks like\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA low, spreading groundcover about 8 to 12 inches tall and 10 to 20 inches wide with thin, wiry reddish stems. Leaves are oval, 1 to 2 inches long, smooth and medium green in summer, turning bronzy red to burgundy in fall. Clusters of five-petaled, flat flowers about three-quarters of an inch across in intense gentian blue form at the stem tips, rising from reddish-brown bracts. At peak bloom in early fall the plant is a mat of red-bronze leaves studded with vivid blue flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eGrowing it with lavender\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt likes sun and good drainage like lavender, and its late blue flowers and red fall foliage make a low edging that keeps the lavender bed colorful after lavender has finished.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCare\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrow in full sun to part shade in average, well-drained soil; it tolerates poor soil but not standing water. Hardy in zones 5-9; add a winter mulch in zone 5 and plant before midsummer so it can settle in. It emerges late in spring, so mark its spot and cut old stems back in early spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAt a glance\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBotanical name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ceratostigma plumbaginoides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower color:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gentian blue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFoliage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Green, turning bronzy red in fall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGrowth habit:\u003c\/strong\u003e Low, spreading groundcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMature size:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8–12 in tall × 10–20 in wide\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUSDA hardiness zones:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5–9\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLight:\u003c\/strong\u003e full sun, part sun to part shade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBloom start:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mid-August\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePeak bloom:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mid-September\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBloom pattern:\u003c\/strong\u003e Long Blooming\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDeer resistance:\u003c\/strong\u003e Resistant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePollinator value:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSizes and shipping\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne full 72-cell plug tray: 72 young starter plugs of this variety (cells about 1⅓ in. wide × 2½ in. deep), rooted and ready to pot up into quarts or gallons. Best for growers and nurseries. Potted plants and plug trays ship during our live-plant seasons, March 1–May 31 and October 1–November 30; June through September is local pickup only. Plugs, potted plants and trays do not ship to AZ, CA, HI, ID, NV, OR, UT or WA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping note:\u003c\/strong\u003e Emerges late in spring and can look dead on arrival; best planted in spring rather than fall.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","offers":[{"title":"72-Cell Plug Tray","offer_id":67723065884968,"sku":"GLLF-PER-E0934D2A-72","price":305.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0941\/0736\/9768\/files\/leadwort.jpg?v=1790864934","url":"https:\/\/greatlakeslavenderfarm.com\/products\/leadwort-72-cell-plug-tray","provider":"Great Lakes Lavender Farm","version":"1.0","type":"link"}