Glad to hear that you got rain.

I never heard of these flowers. They are really pretty, wonderful purple.

Brad

How wonderful to get so much rain. Your Stokesia looks very blue in that photo. I bought one years ago, thinking it would be blue, but it just looked purple. It did not survive in our heat.

Debra

It's good to hear you got rain but why does it always come in buckets at once. I'm glad you weren't affect by the tornado. We need some rain--it's been about a week since we had any.

I really like the stokesia--such a pretty color. We have never grown it.

Nancy

Still no rain here, but I'm happy for my friends that are getting it.......I grew Stokesia years ago. Wasn't true blue here either. Aside from not liking the plant itself (looked rather weedy as it grew I thought), it didn't grow well in my amended clay soil. I gave it to my neighbor who tried it in her border. She often had different taste then mine and sometimes different results. Not with Stokesia. Out it went for her too. I think our heat/humidity/soil may have been the cultural problem. It may do better (if you like the plant itself) further north. Yours looks appealing in your picture I must say.......Maryl

Stokesia can be very nice, but in my experience, the hybrids are not reliably perennial.

I grow stokesia and like it a lot. Not sure after all these years what variety it is, but I have divided it several times. It does very well here.

Pretty but I too have not heard of them.

Julia