Cape Plumbago Texas

Disease pest and deer resistant. Plumbago is a profuse bloomer although the white version is less profuse in a sunny or shady location and everywhere in between.

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Cape plumbago texas

An excellent bang for your buck perennial that will spread with time up to a six foot diameter space. While it too is non native like standard plumbago it is not invasive and still recommended for our landscapes. Leadwort a cousin of the cape plumbago also known as dwarf plumbago can be used as low growing groundcover.

In south texas the plumbago is an evergreen that will reach two to three feet high and three to four feet wide. Plumbago thrives in the south african heat and in the united states it is found growing year round in the southernmost parts of texas and florida. Its blue flowers will really pop out in the summer and will complement well other similar colored plantings.

In some winters or in protected sites they may remain evergreen. Its average texture blends into the landscape but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition. In zones 7 and 8 which cover most of northeast texas it can be grown in containers cut back in the fall and wintered in the garage.

Plumbago cape plumbago tender perennial with profuse blue flowers which thrives in the hot texas summer. Plumbago auriculata also known commonly as blue plumbago cape plumbago cape leadwort and skyflower is a root hardy perennial in our houston gardens. This perennial shrub really loves our summer heat.

Plumbago will flower profusely after being cut back or after a growth flush as it bears flowers on new wood. But my favorite way to grow it is in the garden with other perennials. Plumbago should be pruned heavily to keep it neat and within bounds and to make it bushy to maximize the number of.

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