| Landscape | Flower beds, cut flowers, ground cover, borders, hedge gardens, as a potted plant or as a specimen. |
| Cultivation | Grow in moist but well-drained neutral to acidic soil in full to partial sun. Protect from strong winds. |
| Pests | Caterpillars. |
| Notable Specimens | The A.M. (Mac) Cuddy Gardens, Strathroy, Ontario, Canada.
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| Habitat | Horticultural origin. |
| Bark/Stem Description | Smooth erect leafy stems. |
| Leaf Description | Lanceolate-elliptic leaves that can grow up to 12 cm long and 2 - 3 cm across. Leaves appear to have a very fine hair-like coating. |
| Flower Description | Fluffy flowers about 5 - 6 cm across. 8 - 10, 5 - 6 notched-fringed petals surrounding a fuzzy pincushion-like inner blooming petals and the sepals. |
| Colour Description | Medium green stems and foliage. Cornflower blue to lavender blooms with a cream to peach centre. |
| Texture Description | Soft. |
