Botanical Name: Heliotropium arborescens
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Common Name: Heliotrope  
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Water Saving Tip:

Check the soil's moisture level before watering.

You can reduce your water use 20-50% by regularly checking the soil before watering.

  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Annual

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

Purple, Violet, White

 

Flower Season

Summer

 

Leaf Color

Dark Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

n/a

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

Heliotrope is a lovely, old-fashioned, exotic-appearing annual with a sweet vanilla-like fragrance. The flowers appear in dense clusters on stems above deep green, heavily textured leaves. Excellent as a cut flower, or mixed with sweet alyssum and marigolds to attract beneficial insects. Grows about 12 to 18 inches tall and wide. It is an evergreen perennial in its native Peru, but does not over-winter outdoors in our cold climate.