Plumbago Blue

Plumbago auriculata is a fast-growing, scrambling evergreen shrub that carries clusters of sky-blue flowers through the warmer months, a colour that is rare among freely-flowering shrubs. Left to sprawl it will climb a fence or wall with some support, and clipped it makes a compact mounded shrub or an informal hedge. Full sun to part shade. Well-drained soil. Drought tolerant once established. Prune in late winter to control size.