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Noted for its long blooming season, Ageratum houstonianum ‘Blue Mink’ (Floss Flower) is a compact, clump-forming, half-hardy annual boasting fluffy powder-blue flowers from late spring to frost. Attractive to butterflies, the blossoms are borne on sturdy stems and float above the foliage of mid-green ovate leaves.
Ageratum houstonianum, commonly known as flossflower, bluemink, goatweed, blueweed, pussy foot or Mexican paintbrush, is a cool-season annual plant [2][3] often grown as bedding in gardens. [4] Description.
Popular varieties of the ageratum flowers offer a range of blue colors and include the following cultivars: ‘Hawaii' - This type has blooms of a royal blue. It flowers early and is one of the most long lasting of the species. ‘Blue Mink' - This cultivar has flowers in a powder blue color and reaches 12 inches (30 cm.) in height.
‘Blue Mink’ Ageratum houstonianum. Zones: Annual in Zones 2-11, may overwinter in Zones 10-11. Height/Spread: Dense upright habit, 12 inches tall and wide. Exposure: Full sun to partial shade. Bloom Time: Early summer to fall. Color: Powder blue flowers, green foliage
Ageratum houstonianum 'Blue Mink' bears fluffy, powder-blue flowers. With a vigorous, open habit, it's perfect for adding texture and colour to bedding, borders and containers, and is extremely attractive to pollinators.
- BBC Gardeners' World Magazine
Apr 8, 2021 · The floss flower (Ageratum houstonianum) is also known as Blue Mink, Mexican Paintbrush, Blueweed, and Blue Horizon. It is grown in the garden of The Jefferson Monticello, President Thomas Jefferson's home. The floss flower has light blue flowers on bushy and compact 6" to 30" tall plants, depending on the type of floss flower.
Ageratum Blue mink grow and care – herbaceous of the genus Ageratum also known as Ageratum houstonianum Blue mink or Floss flower, Ageratum Blue mink annual plant, also used as ornamental plant and as cut flower and attract pollinators, can grow in mediterranean, desert, subtropical, temperate or tropic climate and growing in hardiness zone 3+.
