Lithodora ‘Heavenly Blue’

Common Name:
Heavenly Blue Lithodora

Description:
Lithodora ‘Heavenly Blue’ is a low-growing, evergreen ground cover admired for its intense sapphire-blue star-shaped flowers and fine, dark green foliage. It creates a stunning carpet of colour during spring and early summer, with scattered blooms often continuing into autumn in Melbourne’s mild climate. ‘Heavenly Blue’ is particularly valued for the richness of its flower colour, which contrasts beautifully with silver foliage plants or pale stonework. Ideal for rockeries, garden edging, containers, and cascading over walls, this hardy perennial thrives in full sun to part shade with well-drained, slightly acidic soils. It dislikes heavy clay or poorly drained conditions but will reward gardeners with years of vivid floral displays when grown in the right spot. Light pruning after flowering helps maintain its neat, compact shape. Its spreading form and dazzling flowers make it a favourite for cottage, coastal, and alpine-style gardens.

Form:

• Ground Cover

• Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding

Mature Size:

• Height: 10–15 cm

• Width: 60–90 cm

Aspect:

• Full Sun

• Part Shade

Flowering:

• Flowers in Spring

• Flowers in Summer

• Flowers in Autumn (sporadically)

Flower Colour:

• Intense Blue

Key Attributes:

• Suitable for Pots

• Perennial

• Herbaceous

• Suitable for Rockeries

• Suitable for Cottage Gardens

• Evergreen Foliage

• Low Maintenance

• Bee Attracting

• Spreading Ground Cover

Toxicity:

• Non-toxic to humans and pets

Companion Plants:

• Heuchera ‘Plum Pudding’

• Campanula poscharskyana

• Erica carnea

• Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’

• Thymus serpyllum

Plant Growers Australia (PGA) is an innovative wholesale production nursery based in Melbourne, renowned for superior quality garden plants and pioneering breeding programs.
PGA do not sell direct to the public, but their website has detailed information on this species that is available for everyone to access. 
Visit www.pga.com.au for further details and photos of this plant.