1 x Lithodora diffusa Compact Blue - 9cm pot

Lithodora, once called lithospermum, has gentian-like flowers during the middle of the summer when few true gentians are blooming. Lithodora is, in any case, easy to grow and flowers well. The evergreen mats of foliage spread slowly to make good ground cover on a rock garden or scree. Unlike many rock plants, lithodora needs a humus-rich soil, rather than a gritty one, so make a special planting pocket for them.