Anyone Know the Name of this WDW Flower? Pics Included!!

[Wendy31]

Hi, everyone!

Possibly this should be moved to the Community Board, but I thought I'd ask here first!

Background - Earlier this month, we had to cut down 2 Bradford Pear trees in our front yard. They were splitting at the top & growing into the power lines. So now we have some bare space, & we're re-landscaping the area.

I have always LOVED this particular blue flower/flowering bush at WDW. I've seen at AK, & it's also at the WL. It's probably other places as well. Our yard is very sunny & very hot, & I think it would do well.

Here are some pics...

Every year, I mean to ask a castmember the name, but I always forget.

So can anyone help me with the name of this gorgeous flower?

Thanks so much!!

 

[MomtoGKC]

Plumbago- they grow like crazy here in Florida. They are very pretty and hard to kill ( like I end up doing with most flowers!). They are also sticky, if you or your dog walk through them the flowers stick to you. I'm sitting in my backyard looking at some right now!

 

[Wendy31]

Thank you!!!

We're in southeastern TN - almost in Georgia.

Hopefully, we can grow some here! My favorite color is blue, & I just love these flowers - both for their color & that they remind me of WDW! And anything that's hard to kill is a definite plus!! We've tried azaleas so many times, & they've all died. We've also tried hydrangea - which is my absolute fav - but we haven't had any luck w/ those either! Our yard is too sunny & too hot, & our soil is too rocky.

Now I have to find where I can get some Plumbago!!

 

[aubriee]

Thank you!!!

We're in southeastern TN - almost in Georgia.

Hopefully, we can grow some here! My favorite color is blue, & I just love these flowers - both for their color & that they remind me of WDW! And anything that's hard to kill is a definite plus!! We've tried azaleas so many times, & they've all died. We've also tried hydrangea - which is my absolute fav - but we haven't had any luck w/ those either! Our yard is too sunny & too hot, & our soil is too rocky.

Now I have to find where I can get some Plumbago!!

I live in east Texas (not too far east of Dallas) and all the nurseries here sell Plumbago. They do spread though, so you won't need too many. Not sure about your soil, but here it's dry and hot (think triple digits) in the summer and I have quite a bit of clay. My yard has yellow jessamine, plumbago, lime green sweet potato plants, roses, elephant ears, camellia bushes, Sweet Williams, blue bonnets, marigolds, lantana, impations, calla lilies, echinacia, Texas laurels, day lilies, petunias, begonias, vinca, geraniums, hibiscus, desert willow, Texas chaste bushes, oleanders, butterfly bushes, several hydrangea bushes, irises, daisies, dusty miller, gardenia, honeysuckle, phlox, red photonia, pink chinese fringe bushes, several crape myrtles, holly, boxwood shrubs, etc. So if you have any of those plants that grow well around you, you should be OK. As the previous poster said they are easy to grow and almost impossible to kill.

 

[Simba's Mom]

Yes, we have Plumbago all over our yard. DH got the idea when he saw it at WDW years ago. It grows very fast and is super hardy. I have the opposite of a green thumb and even I can't kill it. It's also available in white, but I don't think that color is the same "look" or as hardy. Now, I always admire the Disney gardening team when I go to Disney that they can keep up with all that Plumbago!

 

[Wendy31]

I live in east Texas (not too far east of Dallas) and all the nurseries here sell Plumbago. They do spread though, so you won't need too many. Not sure about your soil, but here it's dry and hot (think triple digits) in the summer and I have quite a bit of clay. My yard has yellow jessamine, plumbago, lime green sweet potato plants, roses, elephant ears, camellia bushes, Sweet Williams, blue bonnets, marigolds, lantana, impations, calla lilies, echinacia, Texas laurels, day lilies, petunias, vinca, geraniums, desert willow, Texas chaste bushes, oleanders, butterfly bushes, several hydrangea bushes, irises, daisies, dusty miller, gardenia, honeysuckle, phlox, red photonia, pink chinese fringe bushes, several crape myrtles, holly, boxwood shrubs, etc. So if you have any of those plants that grow well around you, you should be OK. As the previous poster said they are easy to grow and almost impossible to kill.

Oh my goodness!! You have my dream yard! I would love to see some pics! I just bought a jessamine plant the other day! And I would love to see a lime green sweet potato plant! Blue bonnets...

The only things that we've been successful growing in our front yard are roses, abelia bushes, ligstrum bushes, Asiatic lilies, & firewitch flowering grass. I also had a Carribean Jewel come back this year. I plant petunias every year as an annual. Oh, & my clematis came back!

My absolute fav is blue hydrangea, &, every year, we plant one, & every year it dies - it just burns up in the sun.

Our soil is terrible for azaleas as well - over the years, we've probably purchased 20 or so.

I've also tried camellias & gardenias w/ no luck. I think it's a combination of me not knowing what I'm doing & the super hot/dry summers & poor soil conditions.

Yes, we have Plumbago all over our yard. DH got the idea when he saw it at WDW years ago. It grows very fast and is super hardy. I have the opposite of a green thumb and even I can't kill it. It's also available in white, but I don't think that color is the same "look" or as hardy. Now, I always admire the Disney gardening team when I go to Disney that they can keep up with all that Plumbago!

I think it would be so lovely to look out into my yard & be reminded of Disney!

Our summers are hot... in the 90s w/ some triple digit days. And little/no rain. Most of the time, are winters are mild. In fact, we just had a very, very mild winter. But, occasionally, we'll get a cold winter.

Our gardening zone is 7a.

I called one of our local nurseries, &, while they carry tropical plumbago, the man I spoke w/ said it's an annual for our area & not a perennial. He said that the hardy plumbago is a perennial for our area, but I don't like the "look" of it as well. I think I want to try the tropical plumbago & see what happens...

 

[mlittig]

Good luck and let us know how it does I love the blue color but it wouldn't do well here in New England

 

[Redbudlover]

Wendy to grow azalea, gardenia and camellias you need acid soil. Rocky is ok if you can get the ph right. Where I live in east Austin our soil is alkaline and so unfortunately I can't grow those either. I keep trying hydrangeas too a - even tried them in the shade with no luck

 

[jcemom]

Hope this helps!

Plumbago auriculata
Common Names: leadwort, plumbago, skyflower

Description
Plumbago is an evergreen shrub with whip-like semiwoody stems that form a loose, rounded mound 3-10 ft (0.9-3 m)high with a similar spread. Plumbago can be pruned to grow like a vine and scramble over supports, or pruned into a more compact mounded shrub, or left to sprawl with its long, gracefully arching branches. The 2 in (5 cm) oblong leaves are a fresh, light yellowish green color. The sky blue flowers are 1 in (2.5 cm) long tubes expanding into 5 petals spreading about 1 in across. The flowers are borne in rounded terminal clusters 6 in (15 cm) across and look quite a bit like phlox flowers. Plumbago blooms all year long except for the coldest winter months. A white flowered variety (P. auriculata var. alba) is available. The cultivar, 'Royal Cape' has intense cobalt blue flowers.

Culture
Plumbago does best in light, sandy soils with good drainage. Do not add lime to the soil; plumbago likes a slightly acidic pH. The foliage may turn yellow due to manganese deficiency, but applying manganese sulfate will cure that. Plumbago should be pruned heavily to keep it neat and within bounds and to make it bushy to maximize the number of flowers. It produces its flowers on the current season's growth, so you can prune plumbago in late winter and not worry about cutting off flower buds.

Light: Full sun. Flowering will be reduced in partial shade.

Moisture: Plumbago survives with little watering once established, and is considered moderately drought tolerant.

Hardiness: USDA Zones 8B-11. Plumbago can withstand some frosts. Even if killed to the ground, it usually recovers quickly.

 

[jujube]

Plumbago also grows well in hot humid climates.