Plumbago auriculata f. alba (White Cape Leadwort)

Plumbago auriculata f. alba (White Cape Leadwort) is an evergreen sprawling, mounding shrub boasting a profusion of pure white, five-lobed, trumpet-shaped flowers on short racemes over a long season. Blooming freely from spring through summer, or nearly all year in warm, frost-free locations, the blossoms are borne at the tips of slender, scandent stems bearing light green, spoon-shaped leaves. The gracefully arching branches fall over each other, producing a shrub-like mass. Gorgeous spilling over the edges of large containers or cascading down a retaining wall.

• Recipient of the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society
• Grows up to 4-6 ft. tall (120-180 cm) and 6-8 ft. wide (180-240 cm).
• Easily grown in organically rich, fertile, well-drained soils in full sun or part shade. Site in a location protected from strong winds. Consistently moist soils are best during the growing season. Drought tolerant once established.
• Great for beds and borders, wall-side borders, containers, Mediterranean gardens.
• Virtually disease free. Keep an eye out for mealybugs, tortrix moth, glasshouse whitefly and glasshouse red spider mite on indoor plants.
• Cut back sideshoots to within three to four buds of the permanent framework of branches to promote more compact growth and more blooms.
• Propagate by seed at 13-18°C in spring, or take semi-hardwood cuttings in mid-summer with bottom heat.
• Native to South Africa.