Botanical Name: Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Common Name: Dwarf plumbago
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape prostrate or slightly mounding, rapidly spreading by underground stems
Height 6-12"
Spread 2-4' +
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoor full sun to part shade
Soil prefers loose, well draining, tolerates most
Hardiness hardy, tolerates extreme temperatures (zones 2-10, 14-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves mostly obovate to 3 1/2” long, serrate, glabrous, green with bronze, alternate
Flowers blue, tubular corolla with 5 petals, at terminal and axillary buds, July to frost
Fruit capsule
 
Propagation:
division, softwood cuttings
 
Usage:
fast growing ground cover for open, sunny to partly shaded locations, excellent for colorful display on slopes and under trees – short lived if heavily watered, becomes leggy with age
 
Landscape Care:
Watering prefers occasional deep soaking
Fertilizing balanced in spring
Pruning head back close to ground each winter
Pests/Diseases root rot when heavily watered, snails, slugs
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: Western China
Family: Plumbaginaceae

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