General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 6 feet
Plant Spread: 4 feet
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Blue
Lavender
Flower Time: Fall
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Hummingbirds

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Common names
  • Large Spur-Flower Bush
  • Swedish Begonia
  • Mauve Plectranthus
  • Groot Spoorsalie
  • Ecklon's Plectranthus

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Location: Longwood Gardens Conservatory, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2017-11-17

Date: Sep 13, 2011 8:17 PM

Date: Sep 13, 2011 8:17 PM

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: At a nursery
Date: 2009-10-03
Location: Longwood Gardens Conservatory, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2017-11-17

Date: Sep 13, 2011 8:17 PM

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Comments:
  • Posted by wcgypsy (Northern California) on Sep 29, 2011 8:28 AM concerning plant:
    My plectranthus ecklonii are growing in dense shade beneath a mulberry tree...surrounded by other trees to the south and west. I did not expect them to flower or do well in this situation but had no other shaded spot left open for planting them and yet they're thriving and flowering quite well.

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