Cymbalaria
Ivy-leafed toadflax
- Height × spread
- 0.2m – 0.2m × 0.6m – 0.6m
- Position
- Full sun
Availability
Please ask in store about availability
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About this plant
There are around ten species of Cymbalaria but only one of these, the small and modest Cymbalaria muralis, is commonly available. Some people consider this to be a weed when it turns up in crevices in their walls. This cymbalaria has a number of cultivated forms and comes with flowers in blue and white. There are a number of other quiet cymbalaria forms that are seldom seen in cultivation.
- Flower colour
- Lilac, Mauve, Purple
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Prostrate
- Height
- 0.2m – 0.2m
- Spread
- 0.6m – 0.6m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, tolerates part shade
- Soil type
- Chalk
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil, Dry soil
- Winter hardiness
- Varies, most are hardy
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Wall cover
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water in dry periods
Established plants in the ground can cope with 7-10 days of dryness, and shrubs often manage 2 to 3 weeks. Water one section of the garden thoroughly each day rather than a little everywhere. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather.
Spring - early-mid · Planting
Divide when too large
The plant can be divided if it becomes too large or another plant is required. This may involve physically dividing the clump in two, removing offsets or small bulbs or dividing rhizomes. The new plants can be grown in pots or planted in the ground.