The hotter the better for this stunning deep sky blue bloomer.
A compact dwarf shrub which flowers its head off for most months of the year.
‘Blue My Mind’ is easy to grow in full sun to part shade in well drained garden beds.
In planter pots and gardens where a shorter plant is desired ‘Blue My Mind’ is worthy of consideration. Flowers are bright blue and are 1cm to 1.5cm in diameter. Attention to watering is needed to keep the media evenly moist but attention to good drainage is necessary for good results. Any well-prepared garden in sun to semi-shade should be a suitable area to plant your new treasure.
It is important to prepare the garden with rotting animal manure or well prepared composts. When planting in a garden pot use good media. Once you have planted your ‘Blue My Mind’ mulch the plant to around 5cm keeping the area around the plants main stem clear of the mulch. Water in well and keep moist until the plant is well established. We find that a regular application of slow release fertiliser every eight to ten weeks is beneficial. Light pruning at any time of the year can keep your ‘Blue My Mind’ in trim.
Evolvulus ‘Blue My Mind’ is a hybrid variety from breeding programmes in Japan and California. It is only in recent years that breeding has been done, before this species were sometimes planted around native gardens. The leaves develop in hairy shoots but soon lose this and become bright green, small and almost round. The flowers are borne terminally in head-like clusters being freshest in the morning. The following day new flowers appear on the same branch. The various species used in the programme come from the West Indies and northern areas of South America down into Brazil.