Plant Care Library

Group/Class:  Nessie Plus Series

Description:

A well branched and uniform mounded variety, wonderful for rock gardens, hanging baskets, patio containers and garden landscapes; features lovely bright purple flowers with golden centers, rising above green toothy foliage; excellent heat tolerance

Ornamental Features

Nessie Plus™ Purple Nemesia features dainty spikes of lightly-scented purple pea-like flowers with gold eyes at the ends of the stems from late spring to early fall. Its small serrated pointy leaves remain green in color throughout the season.

Landscape Attributes

Nessie Plus™ Purple Nemesia is a dense herbaceous annual with a mounded form. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.

This plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and should not require much pruning, except when necessary, such as to remove dieback. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Nessie Plus™ Purple Nemesia is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Mass Planting
• Rock/Alpine Gardens
• Border Edging
• General Garden Use
• Container Planting
• Hanging Baskets

Planting & Growing

Nessie Plus™ Purple Nemesia will grow to be about 10 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 14 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 12 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. This fast-growing annual will normally live for one full growing season, needing replacement the following year.

This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to dry locations, and dislikes excessive moisture. It is not particular as to soil pH, but grows best in rich soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone over the growing season to conserve soil moisture. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by cuttings; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

Nessie Plus™ Purple Nemesia is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor containers and hanging baskets. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a mass of flowers against which the thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.