Lobelia

Looks like trailing lobelia. And yes, it can self sow.

Thank you both. Yup...a google search seems to suggest that is indeed it! ;-)

it never reseeded forme in MI ...

dont know where you are.. but if you had a mild winter.. and you are borderline zone appropriate ... it might not happen again ...

but crikey... one of my faves ... how come its never the faves that reseed with abandon.. lol ...

ken

ps: a lot of peeps consider it a blue.. especially at dusk ...

I think it’s less about the cold of the winter than the warmth of the spring. Here they self sow in pavement cracks near where people have had window boxes or planters but I’ve never seen them self sow in the open ground. I’ve always assumed it’s down to the stored heat in the stone producing the necessary 18 - 20c for germination.

I had a small clump of it come up in my lawn this spring, about 10 ft from where I’d had a hanging basket last year. We mowed around it until finally the full sun/heat was too much for it. It looked very cute, these tiny flowers out in the yard by itself.

Ken,

In my opinion, if there are folks who consider that plant blue, then they are color blind. Or I am. There are many discussions re which plants are considered blue, and I am beginning to suspect that there truly is a variety of color experience from one person to another, such that some experience “blue” while others (me) see purple. Maybe some of us are more sensitive to the red light spectrum, so see purple where others see blue. Sorry, off topic.

Purple or blue, it is nice.