July tip: Deadhead (each week) and feed with fertilizer (each couple of weeks – this is ideal). See guide to deadheading and fertilising
- Latin name
- Heliotropium arborescens scentropia
- Type
- Frost-sensitive half-hardy annual
- Final height
- 0.5m
- Final width
- 0.5m
- Situation
- Full sun
- Flowering months
- Jun-Sep (purple)
- Can it be multiplied
- By cuttings
- Edible
- No
- Toxic
- Yes - avoid eating
- Bee friendly
- Yes
- Plant care tip
- Needs regular watering and deadheading in pots
