Name:
Plumbago auriculata (Blue plumbago)
Sun:
Partial shade to sun
Mature height:
3-10 feet with similar spread
Bloom time:
Summer
Dormancy time:
Dies back with hard freeze
Comments:
Use Plumbago in borders, foundation plantings, and for color massed in beds. Plumbago is a beautiful shade of periwinkle blue. It can be a large shrub if supported, and it can be kept trimmed as a tall ground cover. It blooms on new growth but grows quickly enough that cutting does not interfere. It grows in full sun, is drought tolerant and attracts butterflies. Several clumps in our yard were started from a cutting from a friend a few years ago. It loves our pine shaded yard and provides beautiful color spring through fall.