Wishbone flower

Tired of impatiens? Try this enchanting little wishbone flower, also dubbed clown flower for its vividly marked flowers that are said to resemble the face of a clown. It's a wonderful, relatively new choice for shade. The flower shape resembles tiny snapdragons, mouths wide open and showing off delicate throats marked with a contrasting color.

Torenia grows easily from seed sown indoors in pots or outdoors in the ground. This little clown flower blooms nonstop until frost.

Light:

Part Sun,Shade

Plant Type:

Annual

Plant Height:

8 to 12 inches tall, depending on type

Plant Width:

6-9 inches wide, depending on type

Landscape Uses:

Containers,Beds & Borders

Special Features:

Flowers,Deer Resistant

Top Varieties

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Catalina Gilded Grape wishbone flower

(Catalina Gilded Grape Torenia) is a mounding selection featuring bright yellow flowers with purple throats. It grows 16 inches tall and trails 24 inches.
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Catalina White Linen wishbown flower

(Catalina White Linen Torenia) shows off lovely pure-white flowers on a compact, mounding/trailing plant. It grows 16 inches tall and 24 inches across.
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Clown wishbone flower

(Torenia 'Clown Mix') offers a mixture of colors, including blue with purple edges, on compact, 1-foot-tall plants.
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Moon Purple wishbone flower

(Torenia 'Moon Purple') has a mounding or trailing habit and lovely lavender-purple flowers over shiny green foliage. It grows 10 inches tall and 16 inches wide.
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Moon Yellow wishbone flower

(Torenia 'Moon Yellow') has a mounding/trailing habit and soft yellow flowers with a purple throat. It grows 10 inches tall and 16 inches wide.
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Garden Plans

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Blue-Theme Garden Plan
Annual Garden for Shade
Bold and Bright Foundation Garden Plan

Plant It With

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Sweet alyssum

Sweet alyssum in white or Easter Basket mix of pastel shades combines well with the color spectrum offered by torenia.

Begonia

Fibrous-rooted begonia with white blooms and bronze foliage looks great planted at torenia's feet. The foliage and blooms contrast but don't clash.

Impatiens

Torenia shines among a planting of impatiens in solid pink or white.

Propagation

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Seed