If you want to give a different touch to your coastal garden, the Chagualillo is your plant! Native to Chile, this rare species is perfect on rockeries, pots, as groundcover or as a houseplant. Low maintenance.
Rounded shape. Up to 1.5m high. Rosette leaves, elongated and serrated on the edge, silvery. Small flowers that grow in spikes, on long stems, of an intense blue color.
Sowing temperatures 20/25ºC.
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Flowering |
Average germination (%) | 80 |
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Climate Zone | Warm areas |
Flower colour | Blue |
Foliage | Evergreen |
Foliage color | Silver |
Germination (in days) | 21 |
Hardiness | Drought resistant, Non hardy |
Peculiarity | Thorny |
Plant use | Baskets & Containers, Coastal garden, Groundcover, Indoor Plant, Landscaping, Low maintenance garden, Rock garden |
Seeds per gram | 1250 |
Soil - Moisture | Well-drained |
Soil - Type | Sand |
Sunlight - Exposure | Sun |
Watering | Little |