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![Image of Scaevola aemula Top Pot Blue ['Wesscaetob'] PP19,658](https://www.smgrowers.com/imagedb/Scaevola_aemula_Top_Pot_Blue.jpg )
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| Category: Perennial |
| Family: Goodeniaceae |
| Origin: Australia (Australasia) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Flower Color: Blue |
| Bloomtime: Spring/Summer |
| Height: <1 foot |
| Width: 3-5 feet |
| Exposure: Full Sun |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 30-32° F |
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Scaevola aemula Top Pot Blue ['Wesscaetob'] PP19658 (Blue Fan Flower) - An evergreen herbaceous perennial that grows as a low 1 foot tall sprawling mat to 2 feet wide with soft nearly succulent medium green colored coarsely-toothed leaves. The 1 inch wide fan-shaped flowers appear in mass from spring through summer with violet blue petal lobes and yellow throats. Plant in full to part sun in a well-drained soil and irrigate regularly to occasionally - will rebound if allowed to wilt prior to irrigation but is touchy about overwatering and heavy soils. Hardy to light frost and short durations around 30° F but is also a useful annual in colder areas. The Top Pot series is the result of a breeding program conducted by Joseph and Heinrich Westhoff of Westhoff Gartenbau in Sudlohn, Germany. The goal of the program was to create new compact and freely-flowering Scaevola cultivars with attractive flower coloration. Top Pot Blue was the result of the intentional cross pollination of Scaevola aemula '03P61' as the pollen parent and Scaevola aemula 'Brilliant' PP12,099 as the seed, parent in 2003. It was discovered and then selected the following year for its compact mounding freely branching growth habit and freely flowering violet blue-colored flowers. It received United States Plant Patent number 19,658 on January 27, 2009.
This information about Scaevola aemula Top Pot Blue ['Wesscaetob'] PP19,658 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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