Meehania urticifolia

Description

Flowers: May-October.  Plant in part shade.  HxS 30x90cm

A south-east Asian woodlander which makes excellent evergreen ground cover in damp, shady parts of the garden.  It spreads by rooting at the nodes and is easily controlled.  The foliage is a soft green, with hairy undersides.  The small bluey-purple flowers are open-mouthed, tubular and are produced from late spring.

Care & Maintenance.

Easy to maintain as it pulls out readily if it exceeds the allotted space.  Propagate from rooted nodal cuttings in spring or autumn.

Photograph courtesy and copyright of Alpsdake.