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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.
The information about Plectranthus Blue Yonder ['Limplep1'] PP16,975 that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.
Please note that after 46 years in business, San Marcos Growers will be discontinuing nursery operations by the end of 2025 and the property will be developed for affordable housing.
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