 Hermannia pulchella
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- common name: honeybells
- flowering season: summer to fall
- height: 2 feet and spreading wider
- Light requirements: sun, afternoon shade in hotter climates
- Soil requirements: undemanding, well drained
- Water requirments: average
- Growth habit: twiggy and bushy
- How to propagate: tip cuttings in summer
- Leaf type: small fingered leaves of green
- Ways to use it: grow it in a pot outdoors in summer and bring it indoors in winter; growing it in a pot will let you place it where the fragrant flowers can be sniffed without your having to stoop
- Special characteristics: bright yellow, fragrant flowers
A popular name for this sweetly scented, summer blooming plant is honeybells. It grows into a small shrub that flowers for a long season, almost all year around in our greenhouse. It cannot take our cold winters, however is well worth growing in a pot that can be wintered over indoors. It is very difficult to find, and even mail-order sources for it are most scarce. Can survive outdoors only in USDA Zones 10 - 11. |
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