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Extra notes and interesting information:
A
light shearing after flowering keeps it
compact. Great low border plant. It
likes to grow beside streams, on cliffs
and in rocky places, making it a great
rockery or container plant. Buy plants
in bloom to be sure of the exact shade
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Common Name:
Plant type:
Compact evergreen perennial
Family:
Scrophulariaceae
Height/Spread:
Becomes a mounded perennial about
15 to 18 inches tall and about 3 feet across.
Leaves:
Small, green, toothed, spear shaped leaves are 1-4 inches long.
Flowers:
The white
flowers are veined with a pink and purple ring at the center; the
flower color can vary naturally from white to lavender blue.
Bloom Time:
Spring
Growing Conditions:
Requires
full sun and well-drained soil to grow at its best. Once
established, it is fairly drought tolerant, requiring only
occasional summer watering.
Diseases/pests:
Natural
Range:
New Zealand Native
Hardiness:
USDA zone
8 to 9.
Location:
Ground
Cover garden, GC08, below Tateuchi viewing pavilion.
Accession #:
04-016 |
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