CERATOSTIGMA willmottianum

Plumbago, Chinese Plumbago, Hardy Plumbago

CERATOSTIGMA willmottianum

Plumbago, Chinese Plumbago, Hardy Plumbago

Subshrub with deep blue flowers from July until the autumn.
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  • Maintenance advice : Trim short at the end of winter, to encourage the production of floriferous shoots later.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Chine, West Sichuan : discovered by E.H. Wilson (GB) 1908
  • Use group : Perrenials
  • Height at 10 years : 0,5 m
  • Width at 10 years : 0,5 m
  • Growth : Medium
  • Fragrance : No
  • Exposure : Full sun
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
  • Shape : bushy
  • Colour of leaves : Blue green
  • Colour of flowers : Blue
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Free standing specimen
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A bushy perennial, flowering in mid-summer, from July to September-October, in dense bunches at the end of branches. Luminous blue flowers with pink filaments and purple anthers. The grey-green leaves have reddish tints in autumn. Excellent bordering flowerbeds and terraces, and in rock gardens and containers. Tolerates chalky and dry soils. Named in tribute to Helen Ann Willmott, an English botanical rose expert. This superb little plant will, also, be perfect, associated with roses as well as other perennials.