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| Blushing Princess lobularia (Photo by Allen Owings) |
Snow Princess lobularia is a unique breakthrough in the
genus for heat tolerance and extended-season performance.
This sterile lobularia is extremely vigorous. And because it
puts no energy into setting seed, it has an incredibly long bloom time. Typically
the plants do well in south Louisiana from midwinter through late spring.
Snow Princess displays mounds of fragrant, white blooms from
January through July. It creates a great display in a hanging basket or window
box and is a perfect filler in combination plantings.
New introductions in this group from Proven Winners are
Blushing Princess and Frost Knight. Blushing Princess lobularia colors improve
with cooler nights. It has 70 percent the growth vigor of Snow Princess. The
Frosty Knight lobularia has 50 percent the growth vigor of Snow Princess and
has variegated foliage. Frosty Knight is a sport – or natural mutation – of
Snow Princess.
These are great hanging basket and container plants that
require limited irrigation.
Allen Owings
Rick Bogren