With deep green evergreen foliage, `Dart’s Blue’ myrtle, like `Bowlesii’ does not produce long runners, but shorter runners and also spreads from expanding central crown. It blooms during spring and often again in early fall with attractive blue flowers and is regarded as having a good degree of disease resistance. Like other myrtle cultivars, `Dart’s Blue’ is a versatile low maintenance groundcover good for general use and erosion control.
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Details
Hardiness Zone:
4
Blossom Color:
Blue to Blue Gray
Growth Habit:
Trailing
Max Height:
6"
Texture:
Medium Texture
Recommended Spacing:
14" to 1½'
We sell this plant in these containers:
#1 Pot
Special Characteristics
Seasonal Effect
Moderate Area
Drought Tolerant
Large Area
Small Area
Deer Resistant
Evergreen
Foot Traffic Tolerant
Sandy Soil Tolerant
Controls Erosion
Features
Short runners expand from a central crown, blooming in spring and again in fall with bright blue flowers.
Landscape Value
With a good degree of disease resistance, `Dart's Blue' is a versatile low maintenance groundcover good for general use and erosion control.
Care
Watering:
`Dart's Blue' Myrtle is moderately drought tolerant but benefits from occasional watering, to maintain soil in a moist but not wet condition, during the summer months.
Fertilizing:
`Dart's Blue' Myrtle is a moderate feeder, benefiting from a couple of annual applications of slow release fertilizer. A spring application of a 3-1-2 ratio (such as a 15-5-10) can be applied at a rate of about 10 pounds per 1000 square feet, and during early fall, an application of a 2-1-2 ratio (such as a 10-5-10) can be applied to encourage root development and cold hardiness.
Pruning:
`Dart's Blue' Myrtle is evergreen and does not require pruning. It is normally only pruned for the purpose of keeping it within bounds.
