I found a very small plant with 1 purple bloom in my yard when mowing and dug it up. Too pretty to discard so I relocated it to my flow...Read Moreer garden. Did not know it was Purple Robe at the time. It has flourished and now in second year has rewarded me greatly. I love it! Just read it will grow from cuttings. Next year I will have many of these.
I agree that 7B might be too low a rating for this plant. I grew it for several years in a full sun border in the CA mountains with a ve...Read Morery iffy climate where I usually planted for zone 6. Sometimes it got blazing heat, and sometimes cold rain that seemed as though it would never end. Some years had heavy snow cover, and others were bitterly cold. I obviously could not winter it over every year, but the little plant still did very well, blooming over a long season. It did manage to survive some of the milder winters and came back the following spring. I'm going to try it in my OK garden and see if I can manage to keep it going with some winter protection from the ice storms.
Great plant for the heat. I grow it outside in z8b and I have a friend who grows it in 7a so I think the Z rating is too conservative abo...Read Moreve. It is a short lived perennial. I get 2-3 years put of it.But they do seed nicely and I am never without them.
I cannot say enough nice things about Nierembergia! Beautiful rich color, perennial in Zone 7, fern like foiliage, creeps over walls and ...Read Morefills in areas. Lovely. Low water.
El Sobrante, CA (Zone 9b) | November 2003 | positive
Cupflowers are a fabulous choice for a mixed box or bed - they do not stamp out other plants, but come back year after year as strong blo...Read Moreomers. Initially bright, dark purple, the blooms fade to pastel lavender by the time they are spent. Deadheading them at this point brings on more blooms.
Grows well even in West Texas. Zones 6, 7, 8, 9. Hardy, stands up well to high, hot winds and climates with little rainfall ( 12-18 inc...Read Morehes per year). Some supplemental water during droughty weather. Do not allow roots to stand in wet soil for long periods of time. Like well drained soils.
I found a very small plant with 1 purple bloom in my yard when mowing and dug it up. Too pretty to discard so I relocated it to my flow...Read More
I agree that 7B might be too low a rating for this plant. I grew it for several years in a full sun border in the CA mountains with a ve...Read More
Great plant for the heat. I grow it outside in z8b and I have a friend who grows it in 7a so I think the Z rating is too conservative abo...Read More
These are fickle in Albuquerque New Mexico 6b-7a. Is my lack of blooms lack of water or toon much shade?
I cannot say enough nice things about Nierembergia! Beautiful rich color, perennial in Zone 7, fern like foiliage, creeps over walls and ...Read More
Cupflowers are a fabulous choice for a mixed box or bed - they do not stamp out other plants, but come back year after year as strong blo...Read More
Grows well even in West Texas. Zones 6, 7, 8, 9. Hardy, stands up well to high, hot winds and climates with little rainfall ( 12-18 inc...Read More