Botanical Name:
Plumbago auriculata
Common Name:
Cape plumbago
Family:
Plumbaginaceae
Description:
A fast growing semi-climbing or rambling shrub.
Bright glossy green leaves, that are oblanceolate to elliptic in shape around 7 x 3mm.
Smaller leaves in clusters of about five appear from the leaf axils.
Sky blue flowers produced in terminal racemes seen mainly in spring through to autumn.
Flowers grow on the current years wood.
Full sun or partial shade, prune after flowering in late winter/early spring
Ht: up to 3m x 3m
Uses:
Ideal for scrambling over fences, trellis, pergolas, or banks, growing against walls or in corners.
Propagation:
by cuttings.
Reference:
Palmer's Manual of Trees, Shrubs & Climbers by Stanley J Palmer
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