Lakeshore Garden Centres Plant Finder

Other Names:  Flax Lily, Paroo Lily, Blueberry Lily

Brand:  Southern Living

Description:

This tough and dense variety features rich blue-green foliage that keeps its color, and strong, stiff upright growth; small blue flower clusters in spring followed by royal blue berries; tolerates full sun very well; makes a great container plant

Ornamental Features

Coolvista™ Dianella's attractive sword-like leaves remain bluish-green in colour with hints of silvery blue throughout the year on a plant with a vase-shaped habit of growth. It features delicate spikes of lavender star-shaped flowers with gold anthers rising above the foliage in mid spring. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It produces royal blue berries in early summer.

Landscape Attributes

Coolvista™ Dianella is a dense herbaceous annual with an indistinguished habit of growth. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.

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.

Coolvista™ Dianella is recommended for the following landscape applications;

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

Planting & Growing

Coolvista™ Dianella will grow to be about 24 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 does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. 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 is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America. 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.

Coolvista™ Dianella is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. It can be used either as 'filler' or as a 'thriller' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, depending on the height and form of the other plants used in the container planting. 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.