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Other Names:  Flax Lily, Paroo Lily, Blueberry Lily

Brand:  Southern Living

Description:

This tough, dense hybrid features rich blue-green foliage and strong upright growth; small blue flower clusters in spring; best in light shade, but will tolerate coastal full sun; makes a great container plant

Ornamental Features

Clarity Blue™ Dianella's attractive sword-like leaves remain bluish-green in colour with hints of silvery blue throughout the year on a plant with an upright spreading habit of growth. It features delicate spikes of violet star-shaped flowers rising above the foliage in mid spring. The flowers are excellent for cutting.

Landscape Attributes

Clarity Blue™ Dianella is a dense herbaceous annual with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. It is a good choice for attracting bees and butterflies to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Clarity Blue™ Dianella is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Accent
• Mass Planting
• General Garden Use
• Groundcover
• Container Planting

Planting & Growing

Clarity Blue™ Dianella will grow to be about 30 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 inches. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. Although it's not a true annual, this plant can be expected to behave as an annual in our climate if left outdoors over the winter, usually needing replacement the following year. As such, gardeners should take into consideration that it will perform differently than it would in its native habitat.

This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH, and is able to handle environmental salt. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by division; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

Clarity Blue™ Dianella is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. With its upright habit of growth, it is best suited for use as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination; plant it near the center of the pot, surrounded by smaller plants and those that spill over the edges. It is even sizeable enough that it can be grown alone in a suitable container. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.