Plumbago - 5" Pot

Plumbago auriculata, the Cape leadwort, is a vigorous evergreen shrub or scrambling climber smothered for much of the year in clusters of soft sky-blue, phlox-like flowers. Native to South Africa, it is supremely well suited to Indian gardens, thriving in heat and tolerating drought once established. It can be trained over fences and trellises, clipped into a flowering hedge, or left to mound informally. The cooling blue blooms attract butterflies and provide near-continuous colour through the warm months. Tough, fast and forgiving, it is one of the most reliable blue-flowering plants for the subcontinent.

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Care guide

Uses

Grown as a flowering hedge, trellis climber, border shrub or container plant for long-season blue colour, and is excellent for attracting butterflies.

Growing tips

Across most of India give it full sun and prune lightly after each flush to keep it dense and blooming; it shrugs off heat and dry spells once rooted.