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Ceratostigma
Also called Plumbago
Ceratostigma, also called leadwort or plumbago, is a genus of about eight small herbaceous plants, subshrubs and shrubs from warm regions of Africa and Asia. Commonly grown garden members such as C. plumbaginoides and C. willmottianum are prized for blue late-summer flowers and autumn leaf colour.
Ceratostigma (;), or leadwort, plumbago, is a genus of eight species of flowering plants in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of Africa and Asia. Common names are shared with the genus Plumbago.
Plants of this genus are valued in the garden for their late summer flower colour and their autumn leaf colour. The following varieties have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (confirmed 2017):
C. plumbaginoides
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