" Plumbago auriculata / Plumbago capensis"
Blue plumbago, Cape plumbago

 

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Summer. Blue tubular flowers, gathered in very dense inflorescences. Oblong leaves. Perennial liana that can reach more than the 3 m
 
 
Not very abundantly. It supports drought very well, although it is better to water it during the bloom and to maintain it dry in winter.
  
 
As a climbing species in walls or hedges facing the sun, for its growing capacity and its splendid summer floration.
  
 
Sun, it doens't like cold , so it requires a warm exposition (native from South Africa) It Obtains maximum growth in the greenhouse
  
   
By means of cuttings in summer or autumn. You can allow it to grow freely or clip it to give it the appropriate form. It should be pruned at the end of winter.
  
 
Preferably rich, with a good drainage.
  

Another species of " Plumbago"

 

 

 

Plumbago indica---------------- Scarlet leadwort

Plumbago europaea --------------- .............

 

 

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