Trachelium - Lake Michigan Violet
Plants
Lovely deep violet purple fluffy umbel type flowers, with striking dark stems, and deep grey, violet, green foliage.
Last Chance to Order
We will be taking a short break from our plant sales from the 29th of July for a week or two. This is likely your last chance to order any of the plants we currently have available.
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Plant Order Notes
Please note, we have a minimum plant order of $45 (approx. 5 plants) – you can mix & match any plants to meet the minimum.
Our plant boxes can fit up to 10 plants per box.
Plant orders are shipped on Mondays (& Tuesdays).
See our Shipping Page for more info.
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Trachelium caeruleum
Plant Type: Perennial
Ideal Location: Full Sun / Partial Shade
Spacing: 25cm
Height: 40cm+
A Note on Hardening Off
All our plants are grown as we would grow & plant ourselves, which means we typically do not harden off (acclimatise) any of our smaller plants before planting.
Instead, after planting, we always cover all our plants with some sort of frost/mikroclima type cloth over wire low hoops. We leave this cover on till the plants are too big for the cover (usually a couple months later). We have found this extra layer of prolonged cover does away with any need to faff around hardening off plants, and the difference between any plants under these low hoops and those with zero transitionary cover is astonishing!
Prior to planting we also always give our plants a very good soak in water with a swig of seaweed solution and innoculate our plants with beneficial microorganisms. This helps alleviate stress, and start all our plants off with the best possible beginnings.
If however you don't / can't plant under some similar sort of cover, then we do definitely recommend you give your plants 5–14 days to slowly acclimatise to your less protected environment before planting out. We are reasonably mild compared to more southern growers, so easing the plants into colder climates is definitely advised.
Cloth: Polynet / Redpath
Hoops: 4mm Fencing Wire (which we cut up to fit our beds, with bolt cutters as fencing pliers are waaay too hard on our hands!)