Salpiglossis sinuata 'Kew Blue'
Painted Tongue 'Kew Blue'
Salpiglossis has lanceolate leaves and bright trumpet-shaped, veined flowers in jewel colours that bloom right through Summer and well into Autumn. Salpiglossis 'Royale Mixed' bears beautiful trumpet flowers on upright, bushy plants. The flowers make good cut-flowers.'Kew Blue' has deep midnight blue-violet trumpet-shaped flowers with an even deeper dark blue central blotch and veining.
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Painted Tongue 'Kew Blue'
Latin name
Salpiglossis sinuata 'Kew Blue'
type
Half-Hardy Annual
family
Solanaceae
ph
5.5 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.30 M
0.75 M
Salpiglossis sinuata 'Kew Blue'
Salpiglossis has lanceolate leaves and bright trumpet-shaped, veined flowers in jewel colours that bloom right through Summer and well into Autumn. Salpiglossis 'Royale Mixed' bears beautiful trumpet flowers on upright, bushy plants. The flowers make good cut-flowers.'Kew Blue' has deep midnight blue-violet trumpet-shaped flowers with an even deeper dark blue central blotch and veining.
Propagating by seed
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Sow seeds in warm, moist seed compost, in early Spring. Patience needed, as seedlings grow slowly at first.
Planting
From Mid Spring TO Mid Spring
Plant in moist but free-draining and fertile soil in a sunny position, (with partial afternoon shade in warm climates). These plants are not really frost-tolerant, but might survive the Winter in a reasonably mild-Winter area, specially if given protection by being planted in a sheltered position - eg. against a wall
Flowering
From Late Spring TO Mid Autumn
These plants have a long flowering season, from late Spring all through Summer to mid Autumn
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