Plumbago
Family: Plumbaginaceae.
Plumbago auriculata Lam. (Plumbago capensis Thunb.) Common name(s): Leadwort ...
Plumbago (Leadwort), syn. Ceratostigina plumbaginoides
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Plumbago auriculata (Cape leadwort, Cape plumbago)
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Plumbago auriculata
'Imperial Blue'
Blue Plumbago
Description
Plumbago auriculata is from South America and is relatively fast growing. This perennial shrub grows to a height of 36-48 inches with a width of 30 inches in some cases.
Plumbago auriculata 'Imperial Blue' (Blue Cape Plumbago) - An upright climbing shrub that reaches 6-8 feet tall.
Plumbago zeylanica
White Leadwort
Plumbaginaceae
Plumbago zeylanica, or White Leadwort is native to SE Asia. It is a much branched, evergreen shrub that reaches about 6 feet (2 meters) in nature.
Plumbago auriculata. CAPE PLUMBAGO. Suntropical S. Africa
Plumbaginaceae
Shrub, mounding to 6feet tall, 8-10 feet wide. Showy, 1-inch-wide blue flowers, in 3-4 inch clusters at branch ends blooming from spring to fall.
Plumbago auriculata is native to South Africa and escaped from cultivation. In Florida it is rarely found in the disturbed sites of Hillsborough, Brevard, Martin and Lee counties (Wunderlin, 2003). Plumbago blooms all year.
Plumbago
Brilliant blue flowers with striking red calyces cover bright green foliage from mid-summer to fall, when the leaves turn deep red.
Hardy Plumbago
Ceratostigma willmottianum
Genus: Ceratostigma
Species: willmottianum ...
Plumbago add an elegant touch as it drips from planters at Miami Beach's fabulous Lincoln Road Mall (I think that's the fabulous gelato store in the background!).
Culture
Plumbago does best in light, sandy soils with good drainage.
Leadwort Leadwort, sometimes called plumbago, is a late summer and fall gem that is easily forgotten the rest of the year. Its green foliage is fairly nondescript until the blue flowers open on red stems in late Autumn.
---Description---A half-hardy herbaceous climbing, half-shrubby plant, with large trusses of pale-blue flowers, which are in bloom continuously through the summer. This variety is also known under the name of Plumbago Capensis, ...
Plumbago / Leadwort - Ceratostigma plumbaginoides
Leadwort (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides)
Marie Iannotti ...
Plumbago. Good nectar plant for butterflies.
Poinsettia. (Poinsettia pulcherrima). Part of the Euphorbiaceae family. The common red variety can grow wild naturally. A native of Mexico but 90 percent come from the USA.
Plumbago zeylanica is an allied species and is considered to be a cultivated variety of Plumbago rosea. It grows to a height of 36-48in with a width of 30in in some cases.
Plumbago
(Ceratostigma plumbaginoides)
Deep blue flowers in late summer. Foliage turns reddish in fall and winter. Spreads underground.
6 to 12 inches ...
Cultivate Plumbago Capensis as a True Blue Perennial Garden Plant
For gardeners who like blue flowering plants, Plumbago Capensis, or Cape Leadworth, is an evergreen vigorous grower with spectacular nonstop blue blooms.
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Chinese Plumbago [English]: Ceratostigma willmottianum
Chinese Plumtree [English]: Prunus japonica
Chinese Pokeweed [English]: Phytolacca polyandra
Chinese Poplar [English]: Populus simonii
Chinese Poplar [English]: Populus simonii 'Fastigiata' ...
Cape Leadwort (Plumbago auriculata)
Cape Mallow (Anisodontea x hypomandarum)
Cape Plumbago (Plumbago auriculata)
Caper Spurge (Euphorbia lathyris)
Capsicum 'Anaheim'
Capsicum 'Hungarian Yellow Wax'
Capsicum 'Mixed F1'
Capsicum annuum ...
Plumbago Auriculata - Phlox like Flowers
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Leadwort is a genus, Plumbago is a genus of 10-20 species of flowering plants in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the world.
thrift (genus Armeria), prickly thrift (genus Acantholimon), sea lavender (genus Limonium), and plumbago, or leadwort (genus Plumbago)—are cultivated in gardens for their papery globe-shaped flowers of various colors, ...
Early spring is the best time for cutting back house plants, such as fuchsia, plumbago, Bottle Brush Plant and hibiscus, that flower on new growth.
Ceratostigma plumbaginoides (Blue Leadwort, Plumbago)
Zone 5. An excellent plant with a brilliant, true blue flower colour blooming from August through October. (9 cm - 3 1/2") The foliage turns maroon as the cool fall weather arrives.
Examples: Bougainvillea, Plumbago, Solanum crispum, Sollya heterophylla.
Pruning: Shorten sideshoots to within three to four buds of the permanent framework of branches.
4/36. East Asia and Africa, Plumbago pantropical (map: from Baker 1948, probably over-optimistic, Plumbago in particular commonly cultivated).
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The potential embarrassment of mispronouncing the requisite Latin is worse than not knowing it at all. While gooseneck loosestrife is manageable, Lysimachia clethroides is not. Hardy plumbago is one thing, Ceratostigma plumbaginoides quite another.
 See also: Leadwort, Lavender, Cape Plumbago, Primrose, Grape
  
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