Description
Flower Apple of Peru #9028
Nicandra physalodes
It can reach five feet in height by the end of the summer, and blooms for two to three months during the summer. It produces light purple to blue flowers that grow in a bell shape and are vibrant and stunning up close. Also called the Shoo Fly Plant as it does have fly repellant properties. Self seeds quite easily. Apple of Peru (shoofly plant ) is a perennial in South America but in our climate an annual. It can reach 5 feet (1.5 m.) in height by the end of the summer, and blooms for two to three months during the summer. It produces light purple to blue flowers that grow in a bell shape. Even though it blooms constantly, the flowers only last for about a day, and the apple of Peru plant only ever has one or two flowers in bloom at a time.
Read more at Gardening Know How: Apple Of Peru Plant Info – Learn About Growing Shoofly Plants https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/flowers/apple-of-peru/apple-of-peru-plant-info.htm
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Flower Apple of Peru #9028
