Description
Nolana –
There are about 18 species of spreading annuals, perennials, and sub shrubs, usually grown as annuals in this genus. Most are clump forming to semi trailing and rarely exceed 8″ tall but can spread to 18″ Or more wide. They occur in semi desert and coastal areas in Peru, Chile, and the Galapagos Islands. They have simple, elliptical, 1-2 ½” long, bright green, alternate or whorled sometimes succulent leaves. The broadly long tubed, bell shaped, 5 petaled, blue, pink, or white flowers with yellow throats are held singly or in clusters. Grow in a border, or as short lived container plants in cool greenhouse. In warm climates, grow perennials in a rock garden.
Outdoors, grow in any moderately fertile, humus rich soil, in full sun or part shade. Under glass, grow in soil based potting mix in full light. Water moderately during the growing season.
Prone to aphids, and leaf miners.
N. humifusa ‘Little Bells’ – This spreading, sticky, glandular-hairy, annual, perennial, or sub shrub grows 6″ tall and 18″ wide. It produces basal rosettes of stalkless, inversely lance shaped leaves, to 1″ long, and elliptic stem leaves. In summer it bears lilac-blue flowers, to 1″ across, with broad white throats, streaked lilac-blue.
Zones 9-10
