Bring Serene Summer Tones with Stokesia ‘Mel’s Blue’

Soft, elegant, and long-flowering, Stokesia ‘Mel’s Blue’ brings a touch of refined summer colour and compact structure to your garden borders. This variety is highly prized for its large, intricately fringed blooms that resemble a sophisticated cornflower. Each flower features a striking lavender-blue hue with a lighter, creamy centre, held gracefully on upright stems above a tidy rosette of glossy green, lance-shaped leaves. Its airy yet structured display provides gentle movement and a calming palette to the mid-summer garden.

Supplied as a healthy, fresh, and fully established 3L rootball, our Stokesia ‘Mel’s Blue’ is professionally grown in premium peat-free compost. This larger 3L size ensures a more mature plant with a stronger root system, allowing it to settle quickly and provide a more vigorous display in its first season. Naturally clump-forming and neat, it is an ideal choice for pathways, patio containers, and formal planting schemes where you want reliable flowering and a controlled, beautiful shape with very little ongoing maintenance.

Key features:

• Large Cornflower-Style Blooms: Spectacular lavender-blue flowers with a unique fringed texture.

• Established 3L Pots: A more mature, larger rootball for faster establishment and a bolder summer display.

• Compact & Tidy Habit: Maintains a neat rosette shape, perfect for smaller spaces and borders.

• Pollinator Friendly: The open, daisy-like flowers are a magnet for bees and butterflies.

• Hardy & Reliable: A tough perennial that returns year after year with consistent beauty.

Perfect for:

• Borders and Pathways: Creating a soft, flowering edge that doesn't overwhelm nearby plants.

• Pots and Containers: Its compact size makes it a star for patio tubs and courtyard displays.

• Wildlife Gardens: Providing a rich source of nectar and pollen during the summer months.

• Contemporary Gardens: Its clean structure and cool tones suit modern, minimalist palettes.

Specifications

• Common Names: Stokesia, Stokes’ Aster

• Fully Grown Height & Spread: 30–40 cm × 30–40 cm

• Growth Habit: Compact, Clump-Forming Perennial

• Flowering Time: Early to Mid Summer

• Planting Position: Full Sun to Light Partial Shade

• Hardiness: Hardy Perennial

• Foliage: Semi-Evergreen, Glossy Green, Lance-Shaped

• Attracts: Bees, Butterflies & Other Pollinators

• Maintenance Level: Low

At The Rose Press Garden, we love...
The "shaggy" elegance of 'Mel's Blue'. There is something so charming about those fringed petals; they look like they’ve been delicately snipped by hand. We especially love providing these in the larger 3L size. Most perennials are sold in smaller pots, but giving you a 3L established rootball means you get a plant that has real "presence" in the garden from the moment it’s tucked into the soil.

TRPG charges for delivery depending on the shipment locations and weight of items.

1st class P&P to UK is £5.95

2nd class P&P to UK is £4.50

P&P for heavy items such as plant support will be charged at £8