Azure Bluet
Houstonia caerulea
Azure bluet is a dainty native perennial that sprinkles lawns and woodland edges with tiny pale-blue, yellow-eyed flowers in spring, a charming, easy groundcover for moist, lightly shaded ground. Leaves and flowers are edible raw, occasionally added to salads.
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.25–0.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.25–0.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- blue
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, VA, WI, WV