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Ceratostigma willmottianum
Chinese plumbago is a deciduous shrub, usually about 1 to 2 metres tall, grown for its bright blue flowers in late summer and autumn and its red autumn foliage. It is a warm-valley plant from western China and Tibet that is best in a sunny, well-drained spot.
Ceratostigma willmottianum, Chinese plumbago, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae that is native to western China and Tibet. It is an ornamental deciduous shrub that grows to 1 metre in height, with pale blue plumbago-like flowers appearing in autumn as the leaves start to turn red.
Ceratostigma willmottianum is cultivated as a garden plant, valued for its late season red leaves and rich blue flowers. Both the species and the cultivar Forest Blue ('Lice') have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. There is also a cultivar with yellow foliage, Desert Skies ('Palmgold').
This species is native to East Asia and the Himalayas (Chinese provinces: Gansu, western Guizhou, southern and western Sichuan, southeastern Xizang, eastern and northern Yunnan). It grows in warm valleys at altitudes between 700 and 3500 m above sea level.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.
