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bizzybee 2bizzybee 2 Posts: 22
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Hi

I've just turned over a patch of soil and have a Plumbago in a pot which I would like to plant there.  It filled the pot VERY quickly so I'm wondering if it's invasive, and how hardy it is.  I live in North Wales.

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  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    You'll have to define plumbago or post a pic. I can think of several plants that are known as plumbago



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • bizzybee 2bizzybee 2 Posts: 22

    Just identified it as Ceratostigma Plumbaginoides.  It's about 12ins tall and has beautiful autumn colour.  I want to plant it between other clump forming plants, and don't want anything that it going to come up in the middle of them.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Yes, you're right to be suspicious. It might do just that. It's been in my garden for years so I think it's hardy. I love it but that great red can be lost unless it's grown hard, (starved in a pot or in not very good soil)



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • bizzybee 2bizzybee 2 Posts: 22

    Thanks so much nutcutlet, I won't risk it.  It's very pot-bound so I'll just re-pot it and not feed it.  I wanted a small blue-flowered plant that's clump-forming really, I will have to carry on the search.  Everything grows taller and wider than expected in my garden, as it was a field before and the soil is too good!

     

  • bizzybee 2bizzybee 2 Posts: 22

    Thanks Tetley.  I think maybe the patch of soil is big enough to keep an eye on the spread of the Ceratostigma, so I've decided to give it a go.  image

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