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Cerinthe major
Also called Greater Honeywort, Great Honeywort, Blue Shrimp Plant
Honeywort (Cerinthe major) is a fast-growing annual from the Mediterranean, grown for its blue-purple or sea-green bracts and nectar-rich flowers that attract bees. It grows best in sun and well-drained soil, and self-seeds readily.
Cerinthe major, called honeywort along with other members of its genus, is an annual species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to the Mediterranean region (southern Europe, western Asia and northern Africa), and introduced to New Zealand. Gardeners have a choice along a spectrum of cultivars ranging from Cerinthe major subsp. major, with sea-green bracts and yellow flowers, to Cerinthe major subsp. purpurascens with blue bracts and purple flowers.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cerinthe major by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
