Bacopa spp. Blue

Common Name:
Blue bacopa

Description:
Bacopa spp. ‘Blue’ is a soft, trailing flowering plant prized for its masses of small blue blooms and delicate, cascading growth habit. It is widely used as a seasonal colour plant in hanging baskets, window boxes, pots, and as a flowering ground cover where it can spill beautifully over edges and soften planting schemes. Flowering generously from spring through summer and often into autumn in Melbourne conditions, it performs best in a bright position with protection from harsh afternoon heat and consistently moist, well-drained soil. Its compact yet spreading habit makes it ideal for mixed container arrangements or low border planting, and regular trimming will help maintain a fresh, tidy appearance and encourage repeat flowering.

Form:
• Ground Cover
• Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding

Mature Size:
• Height: 10–20 cm
• Width: 30–50 cm

Aspect:
• Full Sun
• Part Shade

Flowering:
• Flowers in Spring
• Flowers in Summer
• Flowers in Autumn

Flower Colour:
• Blue
• Lavender blue

Key Attributes:
• Suitable for Pots
• Bee Attracting
• Herbaceous
• Perennial
• Trailing habit
• Ideal for Hanging Baskets
• Suitable for Window Boxes
• Long flowering season
• Excellent for Softening Edges
• Suitable for Mixed Container Displays

Toxicity:
No significant toxicity to humans or animals is commonly associated with Bacopa grown as an ornamental. As with all ornamental plants, ingestion is not recommended.

Companion Plants:
• Lobelia
• Calibrachoa
• Petunia
• Diascia
• Verbena
• Alyssum
• Nemesia
• Angelonia