Normally summer flowering they can be forced into flower and are popular spring plants, the blue flowers and trailing stems are eye-catching.

You will often find them sold as house plants and outside plants at the same time. They are hardy and can be planted outside, just remember they have been forced and will flower later next year.

They are hardy plants that can be planted out to flower again next year.

Grown on the nursery in cool bright greenhouses over the winter, they don’t like warm dark stores and can deteriorate quickly. avoid stretched or yellow-leaved plants