| Description | A Heliotrope with lavender flowers and yellow throats. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (hee-li-oo-TROP-i-um)(ar-bo-RES-enz) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennial Tender |
| Hardiness Zone | 9-11, annual else where |
| Sunlight | full is best for flowering, tolerates some shade |
| Moisture | average, moist, never soggy |
| Soil & Site | average, moist |
| Flowers | purple to lavender yellow throat, scented |
| Leaves | dark green |
| Dimensions | 24 plus inches tall |
| Native Site | Heliotrope arborescence is native to Peru. |
| Cultivar Origin | Ushio Sakazaki, 2009 |
| Misc Facts | They became very popular during the Victoria era. They bedded out the plants and over wintered them in their conservatories. Helios is Greek for the sun, trope means to turn, arborescence means tree like, referring to its shrubby form. |
| Notes & Reference | #28-Cottage Garden Annuals(Clive Lane) #37-The Contained Garden (Kenneth A. Beckett, David Carr), #47-Annuals for the Connoisseurs (Wayne Winterrowd) #48-Harrowsmiths Annual Garden (Bennet and Forsyth) #51-Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials (Alan Arimitage) |
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