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Products > Scaevola aemula Top Pot Blue ['Wesscaetob'] PP19,658
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| Category: Perennial |
| Family: Goodeniaceae |
| Origin: Australia (Australasia) |
| Evergreen: Yes |
| Flower Color: Blue |
| Bloomtime: Spring/Summer |
| Height: <1 foot |
| Width: 3-5 feet |
| Exposure: Full Sun |
| Irrigation (H2O Info): Medium Water Needs |
| Winter Hardiness: 30-32° F |
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Scaevola aemula Top Pot Blue ['Wesscaetob'] PP19658 (Blue Fan Flower) - An evergreen herbaceous perennial that grows as a low 1 foot tall sprawling mat to 2 feet wide with soft nearly succulent medium green colored coarsely-toothed leaves. The 1 inch wide fan-shaped flowers appear in mass from spring through summer with violet blue petal lobes and yellow throats. Plant in full to part sun in a well-drained soil and irrigate regularly to occasionally - will rebound if allowed to wilt prior to irrigation but is touchy about overwatering and heavy soils. Hardy to light frost and short durations around 30° F but is also a useful annual in colder areas. The Top Pot series is the result of a breeding program conducted by Joseph and Heinrich Westhoff of Westhoff Gartenbau in Sudlohn, Germany. The goal of the program was to create new compact and freely-flowering Scaevola cultivars with attractive flower coloration. Top Pot Blue was the result of the intentional cross pollination of Scaevola aemula '03P61' as the pollen parent and Scaevola aemula 'Brilliant' PP12,099 as the seed, parent in 2003. It was discovered and then selected the following year for its compact mounding freely branching growth habit and freely flowering violet blue-colored flowers. It received United States Plant Patent number 19,658 on January 27, 2009.
The information displayed on this page about Scaevola aemula Top Pot Blue ['Wesscaetob'] PP19,658 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.
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