Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Joy Skies’
at Digging Dog
photo: Stan Shebs
Navelwort
A favorite of Marie Antoinette’s, these endearing forget-me-not–like flowers claim their name from the navel-shaped groove that marks each seed. Omphalodes are members of the Borage family, preferring moist soils but tolerant of dry conditions when grown in shade. They can take full sun where summers are temperate and need dappled light elsewhere. Slowly spreading by underground stems, let this lovely and leafy evergreen ground cover enhance the edge of the woods or a rock garden with spring bulbs and Ajuga not far away. Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Joy Skies’ 
Created by New Zealand’s noted breeder, Terry Hatch, ‘Joy Skies’ has wonderfully elegant and loose mounds of long, lancelike leaves arching gracefully downward. The charming open-faced flowers borne along trailing stems echo the intense azure of the summer sky. Star-shaped, light green calyxes add a colorful shimmer.
In our garden, we’ve backed it with the sunny sparkle of Hypericum kouytchense and the eye catching foliage of Spiraea ‘Ogon’.
Blooms April–July. Size: 12" high x 12" wide; hardy to zone 6. AVAILABLE FALL 2013 Omphalodes cappadocica ‘Joy Skies’ (P-0960)
Each $7.75
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