Nierembergia

The adorable cup-shape flowers of nierembergia and its neat growth habit make it a useful annual flower for everything from containers to edging. Plant it in rows along the front of beds or borders for a crisp look (especially with the white types). Or use it in containers -- it's a great medium-height plant to visually tie together taller plants and cascading plants. Though it's usually grown as an annual, nierembergia is perennial in Zones 7-10.

Light:

Sun

Zones:

7-10

Plant Type:

Annual,Perennial

Plant Height:

To 1 foot tall

Plant Width:

To 2 feet wide

Landscape Uses:

Containers,Beds & Borders

Special Features:

Flowers,Attracts Butterflies,Easy to Grow

Top Varieties

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'Augusta Blue Skies' nierembergia

Nierembergia 'Augusta Blue Skies' is wonderfully heat- and drought-tolerant with lavender-blue flowers all summer long. It grows 12 inches tall and 24 inches wide.
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'Blue Eyes' nierembergia

Nierembergia 'Blue Eyes' bears silvery lilac-blue flowers with darker veins on a 10-inch-tall plant.
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'Mont Blanc' nierembergia

Nierembergia 'Mont Blanc' is an award-winning variety with pure-white flowers on an 8-inch-tall plant.
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'Purple Robe' nierembergia

Nierembergia 'Purple Robe' is an award-winning variety with violet-blue flowers on 10-inch-tall plants.
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Garden Plans

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Drought-Tolerant Garden Plan

Plant It With

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Sweet alyssum

Pair nierembergia with sweet alyssum for a wonderful edging along a garden bed or walkway. Or use them around the edge of a container garden.

Flowering tobacco

White-flowering varieties of flowering tobacco are a perfect partner for nierembergia's mounding habit and charming blooms.

Nigella

Mix nierembergia's cup-shape flowers with the lacy, multipetal flowers of nigella for a long-blooming, charming combo.

Propagation

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Seed
Stem Cuttings