Give a thrill to someone who claims they kill everything. Cerinthe major purpurascens is insanely easy to grow and flowers like crazy, producing mesmerizing multi-color blooms that are almost hard to describe. Nodding purple-blue bracts and tubular flowers shift through smoky, silvery, and violet tones above handsome blue-green foliage.

Also known as Honeywort, Blue Shrimp Plant, or Cerinthe, this unusual annual is fabulous in cottage gardens, cutting gardens, pollinator plantings, containers, and meadow-style borders. Bees adore the nectar-rich flowers, while gardeners love the succulent-looking foliage and elegant, self-sown charm. It pairs beautifully with poppies, bachelor buttons, calendula, sweet peas, grasses, and other cool-season annuals, adding a moody metallic note to soft garden color schemes.

Plant Cerinthe major purpurascens in full sun to part shade with well-drained soil. It is easy, forgiving, and likely to self-sow where happy, returning with more magical blooms in future seasons. Cut stems for quirky, beautiful arrangements or let them feed the bees. Explore more easy seasonal favorites in our Annuals collection.