Scaevola aemula 'Zig Zag'
Fairy Fan-Flower 'Zig Zag'
Scaevola is a heat and drought tolerant plant is an evergreen perennial, often grown as an annual. It is a native of Australia and New Guinea. The leaves are spoon-shaped, and the flowers form a fan-shape (the common name is Fairy Fan-Flower'). They bloom in Summer, and need eight hours of sunlight per day. 'Zig Zag' has a trailing habit, and white flowers with a purple stripe down the centre of the petals
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Light to medium
Common name
Fairy Fan-Flower 'Zig Zag'
Latin name
Scaevola aemula 'Zig Zag'
type
evergreen perennial
family
Goodeniaceae
ph
6.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Light to medium
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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
1.50 M
0.30 M
Scaevola aemula 'Zig Zag'
Scaevola is a heat and drought tolerant plant is an evergreen perennial, often grown as an annual. It is a native of Australia and New Guinea. The leaves are spoon-shaped, and the flowers form a fan-shape (the common name is Fairy Fan-Flower'). They bloom in Summer, and need eight hours of sunlight per day. 'Zig Zag' has a trailing habit, and white flowers with a purple stripe down the centre of the petals
Propagating by cuttings
From Early Spring TO Mid Summer
Take softwood cuttings from new growth early in the day in Spring or early Summer. Cut, neatly, a 4" approx. piece of a non-flowering shoot, pinch out the tip, and cut off the bottom leaves. Dip the bottom of the cutting in hormone rooting powder, and carefully place in a pot of cutting compost with the leaves just above the level of the compost. Water, label, cover with a polythene bag, and place in a warm, bright place, out of direct sunlight. Take the polythene bag off periodically for a while for ventilation (at least twice a week)
Flowering
From Late Spring TO Late Summer
Fairy Fan-Flowers bloom from late Spring through to the end of Summer
Planting
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Plant in a free-draining fertile soil - or in a container filled with good-quality compost - in a sheltered site that will get at least 8 hours of sunlight. Plant after the danger of frost has passed, and when the temperature is at least 60 deg.F.
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