Botanical Name: Sutera cordata
Common Name: Bacopa, Snow flake
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape low, spreading, trailing or mat-forming perennial with a dense, prostrate habit; flowers are star-shaped and appear all over plant
Height to 4"
Spread to 36"
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun to partial shade; thrives in warm, sunny areas
Soil thrives in well-drained soil, tolerates most any soil
Hardiness tolerates light frost, Zones 17, 19, 22-24
 
Morphology:
Leaves cordate, opposite, to 1" across, somewhat disagreeable odor from crushed foliage, margins somewhat toothed or dentate
Flowers white star-shaped flowers to 1/2" across throughout warm season a less hardy pink variety is available
Fruit tiny capsule
 
Propagation:
softwood cuttings spring through summer – very easy to root
 
Usage:
easy to grow groundcover or foreground plant used for heavy bloom and dense mat-forming habit; chokes out weeds and spreads into other plants quickly; it should be planted where plenty of room is available
 
Landscape Care:
Watering takes average watering, but tolerates drought when established; tolerates drought better than cold
Fertilizing slow-release at planting time
Pruning head back to control size and spread
Pests/Diseases none significant
Special Conditions/Other sometimes looks scorched in hottest months
 
Origin: South Africa
Family: Scrophulariaceae

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