This plant has many great features once you get beyond the common name! It is an under used, tremendous plant that adds foliage and flowering interest all season in the garden. Rounded mounds of foliage attractively splashed with large sparkling silver flecks are unusual and a topic of many admiring questions! The flowers are great for the spring garden, arising in mid-April and lasting into May. The flowers cover the foliage and open a pale, shining blue and mature to paler hues of blue. Flowers, foliage, and its shade loving nature make this plant a “must have.”