Common Heliotrope (Cherry-Pie)
Heliotropium arborescens. BORAGINACEAE.
Planting and Growing Common Heliotrope
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow common heliotrope in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of common heliotrope
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for common heliotrope
- Season of bloom and planting time for common heliotrope
- When, how deep, and where to plant common heliotrope
- How to plant common heliotrope
- Watering, fertilizing, care, and pests or diseases of common heliotrope
- Landscape and container uses of common heliotrope
- Comments about common heliotrope and its features
Growing Common Heliotrope
Many cultivars of erect, narrow, shrublike, evergreen perennial herbs, 2–4 ft. (60–120 cm) tall. Shiny, textured, deep green, purple-tinged, oval, pointed leaves, to 3 in. (75 mm) long, with prominent veins.
Planting and Care Guide
Blooms
Profuse, 5-petaled, fragrant flowers, to 1/4-in. (6-mm) wide, in broad, mounding or branched clusters, to 5 in. (13 cm) wide, in summer.
Best Climates
Tender. Plant as annual, 3–9; ground hardy, zones 10–11.
Soil Type and Fertility
Moist, well-drained soil. Fertility: Rich. 6.5–7.5 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Spring in filtered sun to partial shade, 12–16 in. (30–40 cm) apart, after soil warms.
Proper Care
Easy–moderate. Keep evenly moist. Fertilize monthly. Mulch during winter. Propagate by cuttings, layering, seed.
About This Plant
Good choice for accents, beds, borders, containers in cottage, natural, shade, woodland gardens. Pest and disease resistant.