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Isotoma 'Avant-garde Blue' (Blue star creeper 'Avant-garde Blue')
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1 hour care
per year
per year
0.3m
Max height
Max height
0.3m
Max spread
Max spread
5-10 years
To maturity
To maturity
Low
Toxicity
Toxicity
Plant details
Botanical name
Isotoma 'Avant-garde Blue'
Other names
Blue star creeper 'Avant-garde Blue', Laurentia 'Avant-garde Blue', Solenopsis axillaris 'Avant-garde Blue'
Genus
Isotoma Isotoma
Variety or Cultivar
'Avant-garde Blue' _ 'Avant-garde Blue' is a tender, mat-forming, evergreen, woody-based perennial, often grown as an annual, with slender, erect, branched stems bearing pinnatisect, coarsely-lobed, mid- to light green leaves and fragrant, star-shaped, pale blue flowers from late spring into autumn.
Isotoma 'Avant-garde Blue' is: Evergreen
Habit
Mat Forming, Spreading
Toxicity
Contact with sap may irritate skin.
Awards
Fleuroselect Gold Medal winner
Flower
Pale-blue in Spring; Pale-blue in Summer; Pale-blue in Autumn
Foliage
Green in All seasons
How to care
Watch out for
Specific pests
Aphids Aphids
General care
Pruning
Deadhead regularly.
Propagation methods
Division
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Where to grow
Isotoma 'Avant-garde Blue' (Blue star creeper 'Avant-garde Blue') will reach a height of 0.3m and a spread of 0.3m after 5-10 years.
Suggested uses
Beds and borders, Between paving stones, Containers, Cottage/Informal, Greenhouse, Ground Cover
Cultivation
Grow in moderately fertile, moist but well-drained neutral to acid soil in full sun. In frost-prone areas, plant out after last frost. Under glass, grow in loam-based compost in full light. Water moderately & feed monthly; sparingly in winter.
Soil type
Clay, Loamy, Sandy
Soil drainage
Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
Soil pH
Acid, Neutral
Light
Full Sun
Aspect
South, East, West
Exposure
Exposed, Sheltered
UK hardiness Note: We are working to update our ratings. Thanks for your patience.
Indoor heated (H1), Tender in frost (H3)
Companion plants
We do not currently have companion plants added for this plant.
Botanical name
Isotoma 'Avant-garde Blue'
Other names
Blue star creeper 'Avant-garde Blue', Laurentia 'Avant-garde Blue', Solenopsis axillaris 'Avant-garde Blue'
Genus
Isotoma Isotoma
Variety or Cultivar
'Avant-garde Blue' _ 'Avant-garde Blue' is a tender, mat-forming, evergreen, woody-based perennial, often grown as an annual, with slender, erect, branched stems bearing pinnatisect, coarsely-lobed, mid- to light green leaves and fragrant, star-shaped, pale blue flowers from late spring into autumn.
Foliage
Evergreen
Habit
Mat Forming, Spreading
Toxicity
Contact with sap may irritate skin.
Awards
Fleuroselect Gold Medal winner
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Colour
Flower
Pale-blue in Spring; Pale-blue in Summer; Pale-blue in Autumn
Foliage
Green in All seasons
How to care
Watch out for
Specific pests
General care
Pruning
Deadhead regularly.
Propagation methods
Division
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Where to grow
Isotoma 'Avant-garde Blue' (Blue star creeper 'Avant-garde Blue') will reach a height of 0.3m and a spread of 0.3m after 5-10 years.
Suggested uses
Beds and borders, Between paving stones, Containers, Cottage/Informal, Greenhouse, Ground Cover
Cultivation
Grow in moderately fertile, moist but well-drained neutral to acid soil in full sun. In frost-prone areas, plant out after last frost. Under glass, grow in loam-based compost in full light. Water moderately & feed monthly; sparingly in winter.
Soil type
Clay, Loamy, Sandy
Soil drainage
Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
Soil pH
Acid, Neutral
Light
Full Sun
Aspect
South, East, West
Exposure
Exposed, Sheltered
UK hardiness Note: We are working to update our ratings. Thanks for your patience.
Indoor heated (H1), Tender in frost (H3)
USDA zones
Zone 10, Zone 9
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