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Category: Annuals Perennials Tropicals and Tender Perennials
Height: 24-36 in. (60-90 cm)
Spacing: 18-24 in. (45-60 cm)
Hardiness: USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F) USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F) USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 °C (35 °F) USDA Zone 11: above 4.5 °C (40 °F)
On May 18, 2008, robinsoutside from Trophy Club, TX (Zone 7b) wrote:
LOVED this plant last summer! Bought 3 and by the end of the season they had spread to a grouping at least 3'x4'. See picture. Beautiful!
Planted them in full Texas sun and they thrived and bloomed all summer long. Very little care required. When they started to sag I'd add water & they'd perk right up!
I miss them this year. Bought some "Angelface" but it's not doing as well as and doesn't have the delicate appearance of the Angelonia. Going with Angelonia next season for sure!
On Sep 17, 2007, vaalriver from Houston, TX (Zone 9a) wrote:
This turned out to be a true winner in my garden in Houston. Our extreme heat has not bothered it, not did the very wet summer we have had. It has bloomed non-stop. It is colorful but delicate and has an airy look to it.
On May 20, 2004, lightningbug from Buffalo, MN wrote:
My absolute favorite annual. I'm Zone 3 and purchase 3 each year. One pink, one blue and white, and one purple. A little spendy for annuals but worth the price because they look like miniature orchids in abundance and are a graceful touch in any garden. Lightning-Bug!
I am so pleased with this plant. I bought one at the beginning of summer and it did so well, I bought two more later. We have hot, dry summers but all three plants did beautifully in large containers on my full sun patio. Bloomed all summer and didn't need deadheading! All three are still blooming in November, though fading a bit now. Wonderful!
Love this plant more than any other plant I've ever grown, with the possible exception of my 'old fashioned screw pine'!
I bought it locally (Northern Baltimore) in the spring, even though it was a little pricey for my novice/container gardening style. I put it in a big pot in full sun, sprayed it with some food every now and then during the summer, watered it w/recycled water (the drought of '02), and it grew as big as a small shrub, and positively loaded with flowers all summer long. I've cut long beautiful stems of flowers every week for my (again, novice) arrangements. It's colorful, yet airy and graceful, not showy. Highly recommend it.
Has lance like, hairy, mid green leaves on tall erect stems. Bears white, sometimes spotted with red or lilac flowers which look a little like tiny snapdragons flattened from the front.
Flowers June-August.
Like a moist, well drained, humus rich soil in full sun.
Not hardy and will probably only take temperatures down to 52F. Bring indoors in frost prone areas.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Davis, California Lakeside, California San Jacinto, California San Jose, California Simi Valley, California Brooksville, Florida Port Charlotte, Florida Saint Cloud, Florida Lagrange, Georgia Davenport, Iowa Scott, Louisiana Buffalo, Minnesota Circle Pines, Minnesota Manteo, North Carolina Mooresville, North Carolina Wilmington, North Carolina Batavia, Ohio Houston, Texas (2 reports) Lampasas, Texas Liberty, Texas Roanoke, Texas Glen Allen, Virginia Ruther Glen, Virginia Kalama, Washington
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