Cupid's dart 'Alba'

Catananche caerulea

How to grow Cupid's dart 'Alba'

  • Full Sun

  • Low

Try to plant in a location that enjoys full sun and remember to apply water fairly sparingly.

Growing Alba from seed

Sow at a depth of approx. 0.0 inches (0.0 cm) and aim for a distance of at least 0.98 inches (2.5 cm) between Cupid's dart plants.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Alba about 14 days before your last frost date.

Transplanting Alba

Harvesting Alba

Cupid's dart Alba Etymology

The botanical epithet is from the Latin caerulea meaning “off whitein color”, “creamy” or “almost blue”.1

Footnotes

1 Latin Dictionary