Hello,

A friend received this flower as a cutting from a horticulturist at the university while living in Salt Lake City. However, she can not remember the name, but would love to plant it again if possible, although she's now in S. California.

It is a 1-1/2 ft tall perennial with tiny spiny protrusions on the stem. It lasts as a cut flower for weeks in a vase. When dried it retains the deep blue color. It blooms with the first bloom of yarrow, but as Nigella and Allium bulbs are setting seed heads.

After searching -all I can come up with is options like some type of Campanula species, maybe Bernice or Mertensia virginica, but my friend says neither sounds or looks right. Also, she confirms it is not a type of agapanthus, which the leaves indicate, as well SLC being too far north of its hardiness zone.

Cece

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