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Plant description:

A fast-growing, erect, evergreen shrub that bears sky-blue, bell-shaped flowers, mainly in spring. Cut back regularly to keep bushy. The taller F. Lanceolata has golden-yellow, honey-scented flowers, mainly from June to August, that attract butterflies.

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Botanical Pronunciation: frey-LIN-ee-uh

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Botanical name

Freylinia tropica

Plant Care

Size

Categories

Flowers

August September October Flowers profusely with lilac to bluish coloured bell shaped flowers during spring.

Common name(s)

Honey Bell Bush; Blue Freylinia

Origin

Foliage

This Freylinia produces pale darkish green slightly toothed and slightly oval elongated evergreen foliage.

Uses in landscape design

A brilliant informal low hedge or skeleton shrub.

Growth rate

Fast

Wildlife attractions

These plants are well known for their ability to attract butterflies and bees to the garden.

Possible problems

 This plant can get leggy and tacky over time if not pruned often.

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August September October
Flowers profusely with lilac to bluish coloured bell shaped flowers during spring.

This Freylinia produces pale darkish green slightly toothed and slightly oval elongated evergreen foliage.
freylinia-tropica-foliage

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