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Products > Plants - Browse Alphabetically > Plectranthus Blue Yonder ['Limplep1'] PP16,975
 
Plectranthus Blue Yonder ['Limplep1'] PP16,975 - Blue Spire Plectranthus

Note: This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.  
Image of Plectranthus Blue Yonder ['Limplep1'] PP16,975
 
Habit and Cultural Information
Category: Perennial
Family: Lamiaceae (Labiatae) (Mints)
Origin: South Africa (Africa)
Evergreen: Yes
Variegated Foliage: Yes
Flower Color: Blue
Bloomtime: Spring/Fall
Synonyms: [Plectranthus 'Variegata']
Parentage: (Plectranthus parviflorus sport)
Height: 1-2 feet
Width: 1-2 feet
Exposure: Sun or Shade
Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs
Winter Hardiness: 20-25° F
Plectranthus Blue Yonder ['Limplep1'] PP16,975 (Blue Spire Plectranthus) - A small sub-shrub to 14 inches tall by 2 feet wide with soft green foliage edged in white. Throughout the warm months of the year appear upright spikes bearing sky blue flowers that rise above the foliage.

Plant in full sun to light shade with regular to occasional irrigation. Hardy to 20-25 F.

We have very little information about this plant other than what is written on its US plant patent application. We first saw it at the 2005 EuroAmerican Proven Winners pack trial and thought it a very nice showy plant. It is listed as a naturally occurring mutation of Plectranthus parviflorus that was discovered by Rod Pattison in Rochedale, Queensland, Australia in 2000. It received U.S. Plant Patent 16,975 on August 8, 2006, and was marketed in the U.S. by Proven Winners.

We liked this charming little variegated plant and began offering it for sale in 2005 and sold it for the next 5 years but then never found this plant available from any licensed propagator (it is patented) and so had to discontinue producing it in 2010. 

This information about Plectranthus Blue Yonder ['Limplep1'] PP16,975 displayed is based on research conducted in our horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We also will relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we receive from others and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share any cultural information that would aid others in growing it.

 
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