Family: Boraginaceae

Scientific Name: Heliotropium arborescens Blue Wonder

Common Name: Heliotrope Blue Wonder

DescriptionA short Heliotrope cultivars with deep dark blue fragrant flowers. A tender perennial grown as an annual.
Pronunciation(hee-li-oo-TROP-i-um)(ar-bo-RES-enz)
Plant TypeAll Plants, Perennial Tender
Hardiness Zone9-10
Sunlightfull is best for flowering, tolerates some shade
Moistureaverage, moist, never soggy
Soil & Siteaverage, moist
Temperaturetolerates to the 40s F, killed by frost
Flowersdark blue to blue-violet blossoms, borne in umbels, fragrant, flowers best during the warm parts of the growing season
Leavesdeep dark green
Rootsfibrous
Dimensions12 inches tall
Propagationseeds may not come true, cuttings
Native SiteHeliotrope arborescence is native to Peru.
Misc FactsThey became very popular during the Victoria era. They bedded out the plants and over wintered them in their conservatories. Helios is Greek for the sun, trope means to turn, arborescence means tree like, referring to its shrubby form.
Notes & Reference#28-Cottage Garden Annuals(Clive Lane) #37-The Contained Garden (Kenneth A. Beckett, David Carr), #47-Annuals for the Connoisseurs (Wayne Winterrowd) #48-Harrowsmiths Annual Garden (Bennet and Forsyth) #51-Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials (Alan Arimitage)
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