Description
Rich purple flowers fading to denim blue.
This hardy Diascia is a great plant for the garden with its deep green foliage and rich purple flowers that fade to a denim blue colour. Grown in full sun to semi shade it will flower multiple times through the spring to summer with a good cut back after each flowering flush. Perfect for borders, large alpine gardens and containers.
Flowering: Spring -Summer
Hardiness: Hardy
Height: 20cm
Spread: 60cm
Further information:
After the first flowering in late spring early summer, cut back fairly hard to get new growth. In the winter leave the old flowering stems on as protection and cut them back in early spring.
Common Name: Twinspur
Life Cycle: perennial
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Foliage: ovate / crenate
Basic Colour: ( blue )
Flower Colour: blue / purple
Natural Flowering: May – September
Winter Hardiness: Fully Hardy
Height with Flowers: 20cm
Soil Requirements: average / moist / dry / well-drained / sandy
Soil ph: acidic / alkaline / neutral
Location: container / cottage garden / border / rock garden
Usage: ornamental / bee food plant / attracts butterflies / ground cover / mat forming
Pruning: cut back to 3cm after flowering to encourage further flowering, this can be done 2-3 times in an average year
Tolerates: drought tolerant
Origin: Cultivar
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Lorraine R. (verified owner) –
I grew this last year and it is one of the best Diascias
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Jennifer Cartmell (verified owner) –
Pleased with quality of plants
Janet Jeffries (verified owner) –
Very happy with all plants and looking forward to seeing them as they grow. Many thanks.
Valerie (verified owner) –
Plant arrived in good condition. Planted it immediately. Hoping for a beautiful plant to cover a gap left by a winter fatality.
Sue C. (verified owner) –
Lovely healthy plants, excellent packaging.
Steven Smith (verified owner) –
This rating is no fault of your own. The plant looked very healthy but was snapped off in transit.
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ld (verified owner) –
arrived beautifully packaged; have planted it but too soon to know how well she is doing
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Adrian (verified owner) –
Great, prompt service-three very healthy plants were carefully packed and are already dug in and doing well. Thank you.
Penelope Watkins (verified owner) –
Top quality
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Louise (verified owner) –
Always a pleasure to purchase from you – great plants
Mrs A Jones (verified owner) –
good pot full.
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Karen Church (verified owner) –
This was one of several plants I ordered and all arrived in perfect condition as they were so well wrapped, all are now planted and doing well, fantastic service
Maureen B. (verified owner) –
A nice healthy plant
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