PlantFiles: Fan Flower, Fanflower
Scaevola aemula

takes blazing Texas sun without complaint so long as it's watered often enough. when the temps are 100 or more that is twice a day (container plants). the purple and pink seem equally hardy.

Great as annual in Alabama's hot humid summers. Survived one very mild winter in our 7b zone, but normally going to grow as an annual.

Fan flower was a constant joy last year, and I bought another this year and hope to make successful cuttings.

This is a great sun loving plant... blooms continually from May thru October.. I have a yard lined with baskets of this plant on my fence..It does need to be thoroughly watered when the weather is hot..but often I see it completley wilted and revives within 12 hours when I give it a good drink.. So if you have a sunny spot.. try it.. you will love it..

Only widely available since last year, scaevola is ideal for baskets or planters, with stems that overflow the sides while gracefully arching upwards. Vivid purple-blue flowers elicit admiration from visitors. Quite drought-resistant for a flowering plant, too. Nobody seems to know how long it will live in Nor.Cal or whether it needs to pruned for the winter, since it's so new. Note that when it was first transplanted (I have 3 of them in wall planters), however, it literally sulked for almost two months, losing flowers and looking ready to die. Then it settled in and within three weeks (May) was covered with blooms -- it is now mid-October and still blooming vigorously. It gets good south sun and is amongst white lantana, red-flowering aptenia, and jasmine, spilling over a concrete block wall.