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Products > Sutera cordata Candy Floss Blue' ['Yasflos]   Sutera cordata Candy Floss Blue' ['Yasflos] - Blue Bacopa Note: This plant is not currently for sale. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.     Habit and Cultural Information 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 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 about Sutera cordata Candy Floss Blue' ['Yasflos] displayed on this page is based on research conducted in our library and from reliable online resources. We also relate observations made about it as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens we visit, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments we receive from others, and we welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they can share cultural information that would aid others in growing it.