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Have planted the plumbago variety 'Royal Cape' into a very large pot with a Bambino Bougainvillea... Both are doing very well against a c...Read More
Cape leadwort and it's native counterpart are host plants of the Cassius blue butterfly in Florida. Flowers are attractive to various ins...Read More
Poisonous plant lists say this can cause dermatitis or other rashes on skin contact. Nothing about ingestion:
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We planted a Plumbago next to a Paraguayan Nightshade. After about five years, we removed it because it was encroaching on the Paraguayan...Read More
Perfect plant for south Florida. Put it in the ground, ignore and it does fantastic.
Plumbago is the most invasive plant I have dealt with. I have a steep hill in Southern California where the previous owner had planted ho...Read More
I planted several of these along a fence in full sun. Now three years later they are 4 feet high and blooming profusely. They don't req...Read More
I've seen this lovely plant growing in northern conservatories and arboretums, but have not dared to try it because of its purported rang...Read More
Wanted to chime in from zone 9a and confirm that plumbago will tolerate shade and still thrive but obviously not as much as in full sun. ...Read More
one of the clearest truest blues in the garden, i love plumbago. i only have two and it really doesn't satisfy me. mine don't show aggres...Read More
Planted Plumbago because I thought it would be a sure bet. However, it is now covered in trichordestra legitima (striped garden caterpill...Read More
The only reason I give this plant a neutral is because I live on the Northern cusp of its growing zone. That means for me, every 3 to 4 y...Read More
I love this plant! It is the perfect blue, and the butterflies it attracts are wonderful too. It seems to forget to bloom if in too muc...Read More
"New Thrips Found on Plumbago" And this article by our County Extension Agent has been out for years. I do not recommend growing them i...Read More
Are all varieties of Plumbago poisonous or not? This description claims Plumbago auriculta is toxic to animals but on the ASPCA website...Read More
I noticed the undersides of the leaves of my plumbago were covered with white dust-like spots and was worried that they had some kind of ...Read More
I live in zone 8a and had bought this plant several times and switched where I planted it (now in red clay amended) and It has returned a...Read More
I found a white plumbago growing wild in my yard. It has suffered neglect for a long time but I discovered it when it started to bloom. ...Read More
Though my plumbago still bloom profusely, the leaves and branches are drying up. I'm not certain whether the unusually hot weather this s...Read More
I use long shears to avoid sticky flowers. In San Antonio, the drought and heat tolerance, plus all summer bloom is a huge plus. Repla...Read More
A few years ago I started growing this plant in a pot and the poor thing got very little care, yet performed beautifully. The other day...Read More
I absolutely love this plant. For years I have had trouble finding plants to survive in an area of my garden that sometimes gets sun, so...Read More
As already mentioned, in frost free areas, it can get to well above 15 feet tall and wide. I've seen them this big in the San Francisco b...Read More
I have a vacation home in Florida which I visit 3 times a year so finding plants that can cope on their own for fairly long periods is a...Read More
This is great information...I like it...I have a plumbago that I just brought in. Had it in a planter on my deck, its gorgeous blue. I...Read More
Mid-summer I purchased and planted several white plumbagos in my garden. I live in zone 8 where they bloom until the first frost which is...Read More
Plumbago, Cape Leadwort (Plumbago auriculata) is the larval host for several types of butterflies including the Gray Hairstreak (Strymon ...Read More
I can heartily endorse all positives. Have grown in pots here for about 4 years, bringing in in mid Fall, wintering both in a South win...Read More
I absolutely LOVE plumbago. It does thrive on neglect, and it was growing on the north side of my house in zone 8, with freezes down into...Read More
I live in zone 6 (Enid, OK) and am growing this plant in a container. In the spring I'm going to propagate it and plant an offspring in ...Read More
This plant is excellent for planting in an area to prevent erosion, like on a bank. It is one of the first plants to return each year, a...Read More
I planted two beautiful plumbagos outside last late summer, but there is no evidence that they made it yet. Still two sticks in the grou...Read More
I live in a zone 7 area in NC. I found one of these on clearance at a pricey nursery and fell in love with the color.
I added it t...Read More
I live in a " micro-tropical zone" in Santa Cruz, California. I have 5 plumgagos - all bought as 4" plants at a local nursery. Two of the...Read More
As others here have mentioned, I am happy to have a plant that flowers with a true, light cerulean blue. It dies back to the ground with...Read More
Plumbago is one of my favorites because of the color. It also grows well under my Coral plant (tree) with limited light. I planted it i...Read More
To Martha-Johnson -- you are probably overwatering! Plumbago in my experience seems to thrive on neglect. I use it a lot in low maintenan...Read More
So I should move this plant out of my backyard where my dog could possibly ingest part of it??
I have planted my plumbago in a flowerbed that gets watered every morning on the west side of my house, which means morning shade and aft...Read More
Near Sacramento, this plant thrives from early spring (mid-70s) through the triple-digit weather all the way into early winter. Although...Read More
I have a small greenhouse to over winter tropicals because here in Western Ky. it gets too cold for them to stay out. I have a coi pond a...Read More
These blue flowers are popular, maybe the most popular blue flowers over here. It likes fertile soil, where it blooms all the time, and i...Read More
I love any plant that goes on in spite of me when its just too hot to go out and water. Plumbago is one of my favorites. In my experien...Read More
I have grown this plant in containers in my garden for years. It is an outstanding plant for container gardening, and produces beautiful...Read More
In frost-free areas this plant will easily exceed 15' in height and width. Gardeners in these zones should keep this in mind when siting ...Read More
Most freeway offramp burms in North to Central Florida have plumbagos as the main landscape plant. The blue color it creates in mass plan...Read More
I have used Plumbago for years and I enjoy it. If it is poisonous, I'm not sensitive to its secretions and I know no one who is. That's o...Read More
I've loved this true BLUE flower since I first saw it in Charlston, South Carolina! I once managed to overwinter it by mulching the crown...Read More
Could not get it to thrive in my amended clay soil, but I bought it again in a lovely dark shade of blue, putting it in a planter with ju...Read More
I love it! It's easy to grow and here in South Texas, you see it everywhere in all its shades of blue, and in white once in a while. It...Read More
Love this plant for the vibrant shade of blue. I got one from my mother-in-law and kept in the house ove the winter so that it wouldn't ...Read More
Though this is an attractive plant and needs virtually no water to thrive here in southern California, it is also a weed, and nearly impo...Read More
I'd like to use this plant in a rock garden in Zone 9.
Very easy to grow plant. Takes little or no maintenance. Bloomed all summer for me, with a little deadheading it just kept going. Love th...Read More
Here in the tropical south Plumbago blooms from very early spring through late fall. It bears spikes of flowers in all shades of blue as ...Read More
Plumbago is an irregular shrub that can be grown as a hedge or trained up a trellis. Flowers are small and grow in clusters, and range fr...Read More