Virginia Blue Bells - Mertensia virginica
Exposure: Shade/partial shade
Color: Blue
Height: 8-24 inches
Spread: 18-24 inches
Natural Habitat: Floodplains and slope forests
Attracts: Butterflies and pollinators
Other attributes: Deer resistant
Description: Produces lovely pink buds that open to sapphire blue bell flowers in March to May. Excellent in woodland setting and waterside plantings. Pollinated by long-tongued bees, but supports many other early pollinators. This species is a spring ephemeral, which means that its foliage dies back in summer. At the time of the ACT plant sale, the foliage will be past its prime, but the plants will grow back early next spring.    
Size: Quart