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Catalina® Grape-o-Licious™ Wishbone Flower Torenia hybrid

Catalina® Grape-o-Licious™ - Wishbone Flower - Torenia hybrid
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  • Hardy Zones
    • 10 - 11
  • Exposure
    • Sun or Shade
  • Season
    • Spring
    • Summer
  • Mature Size
    • 8 - 12 Inches

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Catalina® Grape-o-Licious™ Wishbone Flower Torenia hybrid
Sun or Shade 8 - 12

Features

The WORLD is my PLANTER.

Pure white flowers with a dollop of deep purple glow on shade tolerant plants.

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Continuous Bloom or Rebloomer
Long Blooming
Heat Tolerant
Deadheading Not Necessary
Attracts: 
Hummingbirds
Resists: 
Deer

Characteristics

Duration: 
Annual
Height Category: 
Short
Garden Height: 
8 - 12 Inches
Spacing: 
8 - 12 Inches
Spread: 
8 - 12 Inches
Flower Colors: 
Purple
Flower Shade: 
Purple
Foliage Colors: 
Green
Foliage Shade: 
Green
Habit: 
Mounding Trailing
Container Role: 
Filler

Plant Needs

Light Requirement: 
Sun or Shade
Maintenance Category: 
Easy
Bloom Time: 
Planting To Frost
Hardiness Zones: 
10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
Water Category: 
Average
Soil Fertility Requirement: 
Average Soil
Uses: 
Container
Uses: 
Landscape
Uses Notes: 

Great in landscapes and containers.

Maintenance Notes: 

An application of fertilizer or compost on garden beds and regular fertilization of plants in pots will help ensure the best possible performance.

Catalina® varieties are high-value plants with an extra helping of heat tolerance and oversized blooms. They are also among the few varieties that bloom in the shade, and are a wonderful crop alternative in areas where downy mildew is a concern.

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  • I absolutely Love this plant! Easy to grow...and always beautiful..No need to dead head.

    Outstanding My favorite plant, I recommend to others all the time and explain the reasons why I like it so much.
    Staci Gatten
    Hurricane
    West Virginia
    United States
    3 years ago

  • I ignored this plant when the box of trial plants arrived. It was for shade and I would have to go looking for a place to plant it. When I saw this ignored starter plant about 2 weeks later, a hummingbird attracted me to the plant. It was in a raised bed garden that surounds the patio. So, maybe it could take a bit of noon day sun, so I planted it right then and there.

    It did get afternoon and morning shade, but midday is sunny for a short while. This beautiful plant thrived. I slowly spread out reaching about 18" across and 10 " high. It was just beautiful and covered with blooms right up until that final fatal frost in mid October.

    Yes, I would recommend this plant with intense white and purple flowers. And I would like to see the other colors growing. Should I suddenly inherit some more shade, I would consider using this plant. If I had known it would do so well, I might have found a container for it tumble over the edges.

    Above Average Superior performance, among my favorites, would recommend to others.
    Patsy Bell Hobson
    Cape Girardeau
    Missouri
    United States
    3 years ago
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