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Summer Wave® Trailing Large Blue Wishbone Flower Torenia hybrid

Exposure
  • Sun or Shade
Flower Season
  • Spring
  • Summer
Mature Size
10" 12" 25cm 30cm
Height: 8" - 10"
Spread: 10" - 12"
Height: 20cm - 25cm
Spread: 25cm - 30cm
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  • Details

    8 - 10 Inches
    8 - 10 Inches
    10 - 12 Inches
    20cm - 25cm
    20cm - 25cm
    25cm - 30cm

    Features

    Blue flowers all season; excellent heat tolerance; loves the shade; low maintenance

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    Fragrant Foliage
    Heat Tolerant
    Deadheading Not Necessary
    Drought Tolerant
    Resists: 
    Deer

    Characteristics

    Plant Type: 
    Annual
    Height Category: 
    Short
    Garden Height: 
    8 - 10 Inches 20cm - 25cm
    Trails Up To: 
    36 Inches 91cm
    Spacing: 
    8 - 10 Inches 20cm - 25cm
    Spread: 
    10 - 12 Inches 25cm - 30cm
    Flower Colors: 
    Blue
    Flower Shade: 
    Blue-True
    Foliage Colors: 
    Green
    Foliage Shade: 
    Green
    Habit: 
    Trailing
    Container Role: 
    Spiller

    Plant Needs

    Light Requirement: 
    Sun or Shade

    The optimum amount of sun or shade each plant needs to thrive: Full Sun (6+ hours), Part Sun (4-6 hours), Full Shade (up to 4 hours).

    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: 

    Use in hanging baskets, window boxes, landscaping and combination planters

    Maintenance Notes: 

    Self-cleaning, no deadheading necessary.

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

    Torenia are somewhat of a legacy in the Proven Winners spring collection. This year, one of Proven Winners most popular varieties is joined by Large Violet, a larger version of Blue (Violet). This filtered-sun lover provides superb color throughout even the hottest months of the year and does well in pots and window boxes.

    Torenia are somewhat of a legacy in the Proven Winners spring collection. This year, one of Proven Winners most popular varieties is joined by Large Violet, a larger version of 'Blue (Violet)'. This filtered-sun lover provides superb color throughout even the hottest months of the year and does well in pots and window boxes. Like all the rest of the Summer Waves, this plant thrives in high humidity. Plant it alone, or combine it with Sutera cordata (Bacopa) or Supertunias.

    Summer Wave® Trailing Large Blue Torenia hybrid 'Sunrenilabu' USPP 10,843
  • 26 Reviews

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    Browse reviews from people who have grown this plant.
    • So far, in an unusually cool season, I LOVE it! It got planted in a window box, and as of 6/24/19, it's growing and flowering beautifully! I'm planting all (?) my flowers with Miracle-Gro Shake 'n Feed Rose & Bloom mixed in the soil at planting, and it probably got a shot of Miracle-Gro Quick-Start to help the roots get growing. Temps are abnormally cool this year. We've had a lot of 50's and 60's, whereas we normally would have temps maybe 10 degrees higher. So I don't know how this will do when the weather heats up, but so far, great!

      Sharon Sivertsen
      , Illinois
      , United States
      , 5 years ago
    • I love these flowers. I have them EVERYWHERE !!!!!!

      Connie
      , Ohio
      , United States
      , 10 years ago
    • Has brownish tips - always looks like it needs pinching all over

      Barb Pierson
      , Ohio
      , United States
      , 10 years ago
    • I had it last summer, in a container at the balcony. It bloomed from July to November, non-stop, most beautifully, though the balcony faced North-East and barely had any sun. Was completely free of diseases and so easy to care for!

      YYS
      , 10 years ago
    • This lovely plant just gets better and better as the season passes. Hummingbirds love it, but the deer do not; it is also the only plant the rabbits have not been interested in, wonderful! I will make sure to have more in the garden next year and add to hanging baskets.

      Colette
      , British Columbia
      , Canada
      , 11 years ago
    • A great plant. I came across torenia about 10 years ago and introduced it into my garden. I was surprises to see it come back the next year just as volunteers. Last year I wintered over a hanging basket in my basement and it's now in full bloom. A little work with lots of rewards. I picked up another 10" hanging basket yesterday and replanted in in a concrete earn. I may dig it out before a frost to see if it will come back one more time in the spring.

      Tom Miller.
      , Georgia
      , United States
      , 11 years ago
    • This plant is awesome. Very easy to grow and always showy, plus it just keeps on blooming! I seek it out Every year.

      Lora
      , 12 years ago
    • I purchased this plant last year and it grew beautifully. The butterflies were very attracted to it.

      Paula
      , Texas
      , United States
      , 13 years ago
    • wonderful plant, just keep wet and the plant doubles it size with ease. Bee's love it. "Great Plant"

      April Gardner
      , Pennsylvania
      , United States
      , 13 years ago
    • great plant flowers all summer until frost(november here)

      mike
      , South Carolina
      , United States
      , 13 years ago
  • 24 Awards

    Award Year Award Plant Trial
    2007 Best of the Zoo Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
    2007 Best of the Zoo Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
    2007 Best of the Zoo Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
    2007 Best of the Zoo Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
    2006 Best of Species Penn State University
    2006 Best of Species Penn State University
    2006 Best of Species Penn State University
    2006 Best of Species Penn State University
    2005 Top Pick Dallas Arboretum
    2005 Top Pick Dallas Arboretum
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