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Products > Plectranthus Blue Yonder ['Limplep1'] PP16,975
 
Plectranthus Blue Yonder ['Limplep1'] PP16,975 - Blue Spire Plectranthus

Note: This plant is no longer in stock. This is an archive page preserved for informational use.  
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Habit and Cultural Information
Category: Perennial
Family: Lamiaceae (Labiatae) (Mints)
Origin: South Africa (Africa)
Evergreen: Yes
Variegated Foliage: Yes
Flower Color: Blue
Bloomtime: Spring/Fall
Synonyms: [Plectranthus 'Variegata']
Parentage: (Plectranthus parviflorus sport)
Height: 1-2 feet
Width: 1-2 feet
Exposure: Sun or Shade
Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs
Winter Hardiness: 20-25° F
Plectranthus Blue Yonder ['Limplep1'] PP16,975 (Blue Spire Plectranthus) - A small sub-shrub to 14 inches tall by 2 feet wide with soft green foliage edged in white. Throughout the warm months of the year appear upright spikes bearing sky blue flowers that rise above the foliage.

Plant in full sun to light shade with regular to occasional irrigation. Hardy to 20-25 F.

We have very little information about this plant other than what is written on its US plant patent application. We first saw it at the 2005 EuroAmerican Proven Winners pack trial and thought it a very nice showy plant. It is listed as a naturally occurring mutation of Plectranthus parviflorus that was discovered by Rod Pattison in Rochedale, Queensland, Australia in 2000. It received U.S. Plant Patent 16,975 on August 8, 2006, and was marketed in the U.S. by Proven Winners.

We liked this charming little variegated plant and began offering it for sale in 2005 and sold it for the next 5 years but then never found this plant available from any licensed propagator (it is patented) and so had to discontinue producing it in 2010. 

The information displayed on this page about Plectranthus Blue Yonder ['Limplep1'] PP16,975 is based on our research conducted about this plant from books in our nursery library as well as from information that is provided by reliable online resources. We also have included our own observations made about it as it grew in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers when we had them in our nursery field. We also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.

 
We closed for regular business at the end of 2025 in order for the property to be developed for affordable housing.
Our gates remain closed but we will open them by appointment to interested parties through August 21st to liquidate remaining plants, supplies and equipment.
The plants remaining in the field are listed on our
Live Inventory Page.
 
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