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Linaria purpurea |
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Common name |
purple toadflax |
Family |
scrophulariaceae |
Life cycle |
perennial (Z5-9) |
Flowers |
violet (late spring-summer) |
Size |
2-3' tall, 1-2' wide |
Light |
full sun |
Cultural notes |
average soil; drought-tolerant |
Low-maintenance perennial, with a long season of bloom. Cut back after initial bloom to promote more flowering. We're not sure if the pink-flowered one on the right is L. purpurea, but it shares many of the same characteristics (free-seeding, perennial).
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| This volunteer surprised us by coming out of nowhere to bloom nicely at the end of October
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. About my plant portraits
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