Boraginaceae
Heliotropium curassavicum var. fruticulosum
Heliotropium curassavicum var. fruticulosum var. fruticulosum
Also known as Heliotropium curassavicum var. genuinum
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Heliotrope · Boraginaceae · South American · Perennial · White Flowers · Pollinator · Coastal · Salt Tolerant · Ground Cover · Subtropical
This South American variety of seaside heliotrope is a low-maintenance perennial suited to outdoor gardens with partial shade and moderate, consistent moisture. It performs best in well-drained soils and is not frost hardy, so in cooler climates it should be treated as an annual or overwintered indoors. Its small white flowers are attractive to bees, butterflies, and moths.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately until soil is evenly moist, then allow the top inch to dry before watering again · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–8.5
- Temperature
- -10°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 18 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- White
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Argentina Northwest
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Moths
Sources: trefle, usda
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