Forked Bluecurls
Trichostema dichotomum
Forked bluecurls is an aromatic native annual that opens jewel-like blue flowers with long arching stamens each morning in late summer, an easy, drought-tolerant reseeder and fine bee plant for sandy, sunny ground.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WV