Bacopa Cabana (Chaenostoma cordatum)
Evergreen Perennial
A tender, prostrate to trailing, woody evergreen perennial, often grown as annual, with broadly ovate to elliptic, scalloped or toothed, light to mid-green leaves and salverform, tubular, pale blue flowers from early summer into autumn.
The bacopa cabana, or The Pikmin Flower, was bred into existence within a promotion for Nintendo’s video game Pikmin.
Plant purchased from Cochranes Nurseries.
Sow indoors
Sow outdoors
Plant out
Flowers
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
Chalky, Clay, Loamy, Sandy (will tolerate most soil types)
50cm (20″)
50cm(20″)
Plant in moist, peaty, slightly acid soil. Can tolerate shade. Keep soil moist, well drained. Flowers will drop if underwatered.
Part of my baskets. It’s probably going to lose a fight with the fuchsia.