"Kay" wrote

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Is the yellow another garden variety or is it the wild plant?
Kay

from http://www.loghouseplants.com/cerinthe_info.htm :
Native to the Mediterranean basin, wild honeywort displays a wide variation in
color and form. Where Cerinthe major grows abundantly in open meadows and grassy
plains in southern Italy and Greece, the flowers may be lavender, cream or pale
yellow, sometimes neatly rimmed or striped with violet. The bracts may be a dull
blue_green, soft or vividly blue, or warmly purple. In early summer, Greek
fields of these common wildflowers are hazed with a pewtery slate blue, like a
shimmering reflection of the hot summer sky.

Jenny