Heliotropium arborescens

Scientific name: Heliotropium arborescens

Common name: Garden heliotrope

Aliases: Cherry pie, Common heliotrope, 'Lord Roberts'

Date planted

2018-11-12

Attributes

Attribute Range
Edible No
Habit Unknown
Kind Plant
Native No
Sun tolerance Unknown

Size

Height x width: 50cm x 90cm

Images

Descriptions Images
Bud
Just opening
Finally
Leaf

Notes

Notes
ยป A highly fragrant perennial plant, with an intense, rather vanilla-like fragrance. The seeds are poisonous, and toxic to horses. Note that the common name 'garden heliotrope' may also refer to the herb Valerian. An attractive, adaptable and hardy low evergreen shrub. Forms a mound of purplish foliage with purple flowers over the warmer months. Happy in sun or quite a lot of shade. Supplier: Rippon Lea Estate.

URLs

URLs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliotropium_arborescens

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