Virginia Bluebell

A perfect, shade-loving flower, the Virginia Blue Bell (Mertensia virginica) is a native plant to the eastern United States, and can be grown throughout much of the country. The curious color-changing flower buds emerge a pink color and gradually turn to their lovely shade of light blue, as they open fully while blooming through the spring before taking on a more lavender hue at maturity.

Forming clusters of bell-shaped blooms with their nodding buds atop long slender stems, they attract early spring pollinators to sip the nectar. Beneath the Virginia Bluebell blooms lies the large, green, oval leaves of this attractive herbaceous perennial. The plant stands upright, reaching up to 2 feet tall, and produces arching ends with pendulous clusters of bell-shaped flowers. It looks more beautiful than it sounds too and your whole neighborhood will be able to attest to that!

Virginia Blue Bell is a very hardy plant and will even grow beneath Black Walnut trees! You will have no worries about anything stopping this flower from standing out amongst the crowd! Remarkably cold-hardy throughout USDA growing zones 3 through 8, Blue Bells are easy-to-grow wildflowers for shade! Blue Bells are deer and rabbit resistant too!

Planting and Application:

Just imagine the Virginia Blue Bell planted in natural clumps in shaded areas of your landscape or lining a wandering path. These lovely blooms add color to shaded gardens and early spring landscapes. Because these shy blooms recede in the heat, Bluebells appreciate being underplantings beneath larger shrubs and trees, especially ones that leaf out later in the season giving these delicate perennials a place to hide.

Pollinators will still love the plant, and butterflies, moths, and bees will flock to the small blooms. And who can really blame them? This flower is absolutely stunning! Plant in shady pollinator and wildflower gardens, in dappled forest meadows and cut flower gardens, and beneath the shade of large trees where they happily ramble and spread. They appear like spring ephemerals and shyly hide once the summer's heat kicks in.

• Color-Changing Blooms - Pinkish to Blue to Lavender
• North American Native
• Shade-Loving, Flowering Bulb
• Fast Growing Ephemerals
• Rows and Groupings, Shade Gardens & Spring Bulb Plantings

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Plant your lovely flowers in well-drained soil with partial shade to full shade for the best, healthy growth possible, while also enhancing the overall physical appearance of your landscaping! Blue Bells in the hotter of their preferred growing zones do best in full shade. Plant in very rich organic soil that is well-drained and consistently moist. Enrich the soil with a 3-4 inch layer of arborist bark chips that insulate and better the soil as it breaks down. In the late summer or fall, after the foliage has yellowed, clean the mounds of old foliage.

• Partial Shade & Full Shade
• Organic Humusy Soil & Mulched Beds
• Consistent Moisture & Fertility
• Juglone Tolerant & Deer and Rabbit Resistant
• Clean Mounds After Foliage Yellows

Make that a reality today by ordering your very own Virginia Blue Bell today at Nature Hills Nursery! It will be a landscaping-changing decision! Order your perennial spring ephemerals today and we'll ship your order to your growing zone at the right planting time.