{"product_id":"bishy-barnabees-cottage-garden-cerinthe-major-purpurascens","title":"Cerinthe major Purpurascens","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is genuinely nothing else like it in a cottage garden. Thick, almost succulent stems lined with rounded blue-grey leaves that turn progressively more violet towards the top, so the foliage is nearly as ornamental as the flowers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe flowers themselves are drooping tubular bells in deep purple-blue, half hidden under bracts of the same colour. Bumblebees adore it — a patch of cerinthe in flower hums audibly through summer, and it is one of the most reliable bee plants you can raise from seed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is easy if you respect the taproot: sow direct, or into deep pots that can be planted out intact. Lean, well-drained ground suits it better than rich, and it is drought-tolerant once away. It self-seeds enthusiastically, so once you have it you tend to keep it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bishy Barnabees Cottage Garden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53195306271053,"sku":"CER-PUR","price":2.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0828\/6961\/6973\/files\/image_9d2787a9-e478-413f-94ed-2ea20f14b42a.png?v=1773775213","url":"https:\/\/thefoalyard.co.uk\/products\/bishy-barnabees-cottage-garden-cerinthe-major-purpurascens","provider":"The Foalyard","version":"1.0","type":"link"}