In praise of Plumbago

So beautiful and that shade of blue is sublime. One was in the boss's greenhouse but the heating didn't work so it died.
Hope to get the heating working properly this winter to aid my salvias!!

That is a beautiful plant Meanie!

It is indeed a beautiful blue. They grow wild here as garden escapes.

Thanks Lulu, Nana d and Roger!

Good plan for the Savia Lulu.

We should be so lucky Roger!

We used to have this in our garden in Gran Canaria. It is a most beautiful blue and a real sun lover. It grew as a bush in the corner of the garden and we would get Monarch Butterflies on it. Lovely

such a lovely blue, and an all round perfect plant meanie..

It would be great to be able to grow one in the ground Grannyb!

I couldn't agree more Surreylad!

I dont think it does get better than that meanie, what a shape! what a colour!! i call that heaven.

Just perfect isn't it!

I do like that, its a beauty, sadly no conservatory so I`ll have to be content by admiring yours Meanie...

same here lincslass.

No conservatory - buy seeds and grow outdoors in the summer. If you have a greenhouse, let them take their chances in there for the winter........

its definitely worth a try ~ thanks for that. i shall take it in the bedroom if i have to!!!!

Go for it - you know you want to!

http://www.plantsofdistinction.co.uk/acatalog/A-Z_of_Flowers_PLUMBAGO.html

wow how stunning they are im lost for words very very nice indeed :))

hmmm very tempting! postage not so terrible either ~ may have a little peruse of that site!!?? maybe something else i would like??

Do you have a conservatory/greenhouse Mark? If so, go for it - it is an EASY plant to grow from seed!
It has a great selection Sticki!

hmmmm sorry did someone say something?? just working my way through ~ quite like:
asarina
cobaea
chinese tree paeony
helleborus double matt

shall i go on??

you are right ~ great selection!!

I can send you some Asarina seeds...........

http://www.growsonyou.com/garden/show_garden_item/27753-asarina

I sowed some a couple of weeks ago to check their continued viability and they're germinating.

well i would love to try that but looking at your photos it looks like a sunny spot? i dont have much sun sadly. is that what it needs?
very kind offer, thanks meanie

It's a prolific climber, I'm sure that it'll find some sun!

worth a try then if you really dont mind sparing a few seeds? thank you!

A few seeds! I have thousands!!!!!

i havent got a thousand seed trays!!!

Then I'll only send a few hundred!

I don't need convincing on the merits of this beauty...what a colour...but I am not entirely convinced that you actually live in the UK meanie!! Last time I saw this was on holiday in Tenerife in January! We are going again end of October, and I look forward to seeing it again there.....sigh! beautiful blue!

One for the garden room maybe Karen.............

i better start beg borrowing and stealing the trays! thanks meanie.

Absolutely stunning.

I'll be sensible Sticki!

Thank you 6d!

:-)
Thanks meanie!

Your welcome Meanie :o))

Stunning...

Thank you Rbt!

Yes this is a really lovely flower! :-)) It's a really nice shade of blue, too!

Almost perfect I'd say Balcony!

Is it possible to grow these indoors? I have one room that has a big window, although very little direct sun, it's not a particularly warm room but I wondered if it was worth trying??

Worth a try I think...........

http://www.podseeds.co.uk/acatalog/A-Z_of_Flowers_PLUMBAGO.html

thanks meanie ~ that looks great!!

Finally, read your blog and saw your photos on Plumbago. You pictures are really good. Very clear and precise. Nice work Meanie and nice flowers. I always like them and this is the color I like most of all not those other blues. Thank you.

In case you didn't know, it flowers on new wood. Every January I prune mine back - I have 4 in blue and 2 white.

Mine is pruned back already as I have "space issues"!

This is just lovely, and thanks for the website Meanie. I love trying new things from seed, so will give it a go.

i've got some of these on order last month from the same place, looking forward to next year now !

It's a cheap way of experimenting, and neither of you will regret this one!

I have put my order in today!