Stachytarpheta jamaicensis ~ Blue Porterweed-ServeScape
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis ~ Blue Porterweed-ServeScape
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis ~ Blue Porterweed-ServeScape

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Blue Porterweed

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**Dormancy Note - This plant is currently dormant for the winter! It is available for purchase! Your delivered plant may be dormant, or showing very little top growth. However, you can still plant! These plants are putting all their energy into root production, so they will be ready to thrive in the spring! If you have any issues with your plant the following peak season, you can fill out our return request form to request a replacement plant.

Blue Porterweed is a low-growing evergreen native perennial with trailing stems sporting coarsely serrated foliage often treated as an annual.  The small purple tubular flowers bloom in clusters at the end of the stems in summer, or nearly all year when grown in its zones.  Grows best with full sun and dry to medium well-drained soils.  Drought, salt, and poor soil tolerant.

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis is a host plant of the Tropical buckeye butterfly, and attracts several other butterflies including the  Clouded skipper, Gulf fritillaryRed admiralMonarch, and Julia.

Type: 

AnnualGroundcover

Origins:

Coastal Florida and Caribbean

Height: 

0.5' - 1'

Spread: 

2’ - 3'

Spacing: 

2.5'

USDA Hardiness Zone: 

9 - 11

Culture: 

Full Sun

Bloom Color: 

Blue

Season of Interest: 

Summer

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance.  No serious pests or diseases.  Slowly spreads to form colonies.
LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, BordersNaturalized AreasWoodland GardensRock Gardens, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS:  Fountain GrassLantanaBeardtongue

IMAGES: Albert, Stachytarpheta jamaicensis kui-changCC BY-SA 3.0, (2) J.M.GargStachytarpheta jamaicensis (Porterweed) in Talakona forest, AP W IMG 8352CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) J.M.GargStachytarpheta jamaicensis (Porterweed) in Talakona forest, AP W IMG 8374CC BY-SA 4.0, (4) Anish nellickalശീമക്കൊങ്ങിണി 11CC BY-SA 4.0 

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