Baby Pete Lily of the Nile is a self-cleaning compact evergreen perennial with narrow medium green grass-like foliage. Clusters of lavender blue flowers with darker blue stripes bloom in waves above the leaves from mid spring into summer. Flowers best when pot-bound and consistently moist.
Type: |
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Origins: |
South Africa |
Height: |
1' - 1.5' |
Spread: |
1.5' - 2' |
Spacing: |
1.5' |
USDA Hardiness Zone: |
8 - 11 |
Culture: |
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Bloom Color: |
Blue |
Season of Interest: |
MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low maintenance. Water regularly. Best planted on-site in a pot to easily move inside to overwinter.
LANDSCAPE USES: Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Woodland Gardens,, Foundational Plantings, and Containers.
COMPANION PLANTS: Heuchera, Daylily, Japanese Barberry
IMAGES: Maja Dumat from Deutschland (Germany), Schmucklilie - Flickr - blumenbiene, CC BY 2.0, (2) C T Johansson, Agapanthus praecox-IMG 8763, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Forest & Kim Starr, Starr 070221-4779 Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis, CC BY 3.0
*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.
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