Buy Plumbago Capensis Alba - The Elegant White Chitrak Plant
- Common name:
- Plumbago White, Chitrak White
- Regional name:
- Marathi - Chitrak Pandhara
- Category:
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Shrubs, Medicinal Plants
- Family:
- Plumbaginaceae
- Light:
- Sun growing, Semi shade
- Water:
- Normal, Can tolerate less
- Primarily grown for:
- Flowers
- Flowering season:
- Year-around flowering, Flowers in flushes throughout the year
- Flower or Inflorescence color:
- White
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Form:
- Spherical or rounded, Spreading, Upright or Erect
- Special Character:
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- Indigenous (native to India)
- Good for Topiary
- Good for Hedges and Borders
- Suitable for road median planting
- Generally available in India in quantities of:
- Over hundreds
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Plant Description:
- The white colour is unique. Plants look spectacular in bloom especially at night. Plants can grow as tall as 1 to 1.5 meters. Plants can be trimmed and kept short to under 30 cms. Regular trimming is not recommended as it suppresses flowers.
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Growing tips:
- - White plumbago is a very useful dwarf flowering shrub grown in tropical, subtropical regions.
- Plumbago is very susceptible to waterlogging and should be planted on raised beds and porous soil, in full sun.
- In high rainfall areas cut back plants to near ground level as soon as the monsoon sets in. This will prevent the plants from rotting.
- The white is slighly more delicate. It does not like alkaline soils.