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Flowering in the garden this week is the fascinating, but little-known Houstonia procumbens. This Southeastern US coastal native (South Carolina west to eastern Louisiana) is a spreading, winter flowering bluet. We collected cuttings in Clay County, Florida in 2003, and this patch has been thriving in our sunny alpine garden since then, forming a 1.5′ wide patch.
Any special care to grow this in the “garden”?
Our plant growing in the rock garden is the ultimate in neglected, so other than sun and well drained, it has been quite easy.