Jovellana Baby Bonnets

Common Name:

Jovellana 'Baby Bonnets'

Botanical Name:

Jovellana 'Baby Bonnets'

Description:

Jovellana 'Baby Bonnets' is a delightful, compact evergreen shrub prized for its profusion of dainty, bell-shaped flowers and attractive, finely textured foliage. This charming variety produces masses of delicate, pale lilac-white blooms with subtle yellow and purple markings inside their petals, resembling tiny bonnets. Flowering predominantly from spring through summer, the blossoms create a soft, whimsical display that brings colour and interest to garden beds, borders and containers. Its small, rounded green leaves and naturally bushy, spreading habit provide year-round appeal, making it particularly suited to cottage gardens, woodland-style plantings and informal landscapes. Growing approximately 60 cm tall and 80 cm wide, 'Baby Bonnets' is ideal for smaller gardens and decorative pots. Well-suited to Melbourne's temperate climate, it thrives in full sun to part shade, preferring fertile, well-drained soil with consistent moisture during dry periods. Light pruning after flowering helps maintain its compact shape and encourages dense, healthy growth. Its delicate blooms also attract bees and other beneficial pollinators.

Form:

• Shrub - Small

• Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding

Mature Size:

• Height: 60 cm

• Width: 80 cm

Aspect:

• Full Sun

• Part Shade

Flowering:

• Flowers in Spring

• Flowers in Summer

Flower Colour:

• Pale lilac

• White

• Yellow and purple markings

Key Attributes:

• Bee Attracting

• Compact Growth Habit

• Evergreen

• Frost Tolerant (Light Frost)

• Low Maintenance

• Perennial

• Suitable for Borders

• Suitable for Cottage Gardens

• Suitable for Pots

• Suitable for Small Gardens

• Suitable for Woodland Gardens

Toxicity:

Jovellana 'Baby Bonnets' has no widely documented toxicity to humans, dogs or cats. However, its safety if ingested has not been conclusively established. As a precaution, avoid consumption and prevent pets from eating the foliage or flowers.

Companion Plants:

• Ajuga reptans (Bugleweed)

• Bacopa (Sutera cordata)

• Campanula (Bellflower)

• Correa

• Diascia

• Fuchsia

• Heuchera (Coral Bells)

• Lobelia

• Nemesia

• Viola

  Plant Growers Australia (PGA) is an innovative wholesale production nursery based in Melbourne, renowned for superior quality garden plants and pioneering breeding programs.
  PGA do not sell direct to the public, but their website has detailed information on this species that is available for everyone to access. 
  Visit www.pga.com.au for further details and photos of this plant.