Five-Spot
Nemophila maculata. HYDROPHYLLACEAE.
Planting and Growing Five-Spot
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow five-spot in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of five-spot
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for five-spot
- Season of bloom and planting time for five-spot
- When, how deep, and where to plant five-spot
- How to plant five-spot
- Watering, fertilizing, care, and pests or diseases of five-spot
- Landscape and container uses of five-spot
- Comments about five-spot and its features
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Growing Five-Spot
A few cultivars of low, mounding, spreading or trailing annual herbs, to 1 ft. (30 cm) tall and wide. Opposite, hairy, light green, feathery, divided leaves, to 4 in. (10 cm) long, with 5–9 leaflets.
See also Baby-Blue-Eyes, Nemophila menziesii, a closely-related species with similar care needs.
Planting and Care Guide
Blooms
Many white, striped, simple, round, cup-shaped flowers, 1‑1/2–2‑in. (38–50‑mm) wide, with a purple spot at the tip of each petal, in spring.
Best Climates
Self-seeding, zones 7–9. Best in mild-summer climates.
Soil Type and Fertility
Moist, well-drained humus. Fertility: Rich. 6.0–7.5 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Spring, zones 3–6, when soil is workable; autumn, zones 7–9, in full sun to partial shade, 9–12 in. (23–30 cm) apart.
Proper Care
Easy. Keep evenly moist. Fertilize monthly. Protect from heat, humidity. Propagate by seed.
About This Plant
Good choice for hanging baskets, beds, borders, containers, edgings, walls in cottage, formal, natural, rock, woodland gardens. Good companion for spring bulbs. Disease resistant. Slug, snail susceptible.