PlantSale Plant care guide

Royal Cape Plumbago

Plumbago auriculata 'Royal Cape' · Plumbaginaceae

A deeper-blue selection of cape plumbago, smothered in phlox-like sky-blue flowers from summer well into autumn. Fast, drought-hardy and coastal-tolerant, good as an informal hedge or scrambler.

At a glance

Habit: Shrub
Light: Full Sun, Part Shade
Water: Low Water
Soil: Well-Drained
Climate: Subtropical, Warm Temperate, Mediterranean
Frost: Frost-Tender
Mature size: 2 m H × 2.5 m W
Foliage: Evergreen
Flowering: Summer Flowering, Autumn Flowering, Long-Flowering
Growth rate: Fast-Growing
Maintenance: Low Maintenance

Good for

Hedging & Screening
Feature / Specimen
Bee & Pollinator
Coastal / Salt-Tolerant
Pet-Safe / Non-Toxic