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Products > Sutera cordata Candy Floss Blue' ['Yasflos]
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![Image of Sutera cordata Candy Floss Blue' ['Yasflos]](https://www.smgrowers.com/imagedb/SuteracordataCandyFblue.jpg )
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| Category: Perennial |
| Family: Scrophulariaceae (Figworts) |
| Origin: South Africa (Africa) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Flower Color: White |
| Bloomtime: Spring/Summer |
| Synonyms: [Sutera cordata 'Yasflos'] |
| Height: <1 foot |
| Width: 2-3 feet |
| Exposure: Sun or Shade |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 20-25° F |
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Sutera cordata Candy Floss Blue' PP12,616 ['Yasflos] (Blue Bacopa) - A flat spreading evergreen to semi-evergreen tender perennial to 8 to 10 inches tall that is often used as an annual but is winter hardy in USDA zones 10 and above. It has aromatic small dark green heart-shaped leaves and small round five-petaled blue flowers at the branch tips that are at their peak in spring but can also be found on the plant nearly year round. Plant in a well-drained soil in full coastal sun, light or partial shade and water regularly, especially when grown in full sun or with reflected heat. Candy Floss Blue was selected by for its large blue flowers in 1998 by Frederic Yates of Poplar Nursery in Cheshire, England. Its foliage is finer texture then Blue Showers. It received US Plant Patent PP12,616 , which has since expired. The parent plant for this cultivar, Sutera cordata, from South Africa has caused considerable confusion because of the marketing strategy to call the earliest introductions erroneously by the name “Bacopa cordata”; Bacopa is another genus in the Figwort Family (Scrophulariaceae) and the species are primarily aquatic plants from the new world and are not directly related to any of the cultivated Sutera. We grew this plant from 2001 to 2007.
The information displayed on this page about Sutera cordata Candy Floss Blue' ['Yasflos] is based on the research we have conducted about it in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about this plant as it grows in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant have performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we have received from others and welcome hearing from anyone with information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information that will aid others to better grow it.
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