A large compact evergreen Australian native shrub with showy blue-green foliage with bronze tips. A treasured feature plant with attractive large purple/mauve pink flowers and bronze new growth appearing many times a year.
Lobularia 'Blushing Princess' may look sweet and smell even sweeter, but don't be fooled. This princess is heat-loving, cold tolerant, salt hardy, low maintenance, fast growing, and does not need deadheading even though flower heads are the mass of the plant.
Lobularia 'Blushing Princess' is almost unrivalled as an edging for paths, flower beds, borders, low temporary summer ground cover and as a subject to furnish quickly bare spots in the garden with blooming plants. Unlike its close relative Alyssum, Lobularia 'Blushing Princess' is sterile and won't self-seed in the garden and will remain contained.
'Blushing Princess' is ideal for use in larger planters to accommodate fast growth and high-water needs. Garden borders, display pots in outdoor living areas, around pools and barbecues and growing in hanging baskets are just some of the uses of this versatile plant.
Lobularia 'Blushing Princess' does need full sun, high light and is a “heavy drinker”, preferring evenly moist soil. Larger containers and pots are ideal to keep moisture up to the plant. 'Blushing Princess' is quick to show stress from too little water, but quickly bounces back after the soil is thoroughly soaked.
Vigorous growth and heavy flowering means Lobularia 'Blushing Princess' needs more food than others, so apply liquid fertiliser regularly to keep up with its need.
Deadheading is not necessary for continuous blooms, but the plant can be trimmed back at any time if it outgrows its allocated space, takes over pathways or simply needs a tidy up. Pruning up to half of the plant does no harm.
Wear gloves & wash hands after gardening.
