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Diascia vigilis

Diascia vigilis
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY 4.0

Diascia vigilis, called twinspur or elf spur, is a low subshrub from the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, grown for its spurred flowers. It needs sun, free-draining soil and protection from hard frost.

Family
Scrophulariaceae (Scrophulari family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly in growth and let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile garden soil or loam-based potting mix.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect below about 0 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Free State to KwaZulu-Natal
Climate
temperate

About

Diascia vigilis, called the twinspur or elf spur, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Diascia, native to South Africa. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Other Diascia plants

Twinspur · Bride's Saddle · Oilspurs

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Diascia vigilis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

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.

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