About
Alyogyne huegelii is a compact, rapidly growing evergreen shrub that tends to adopt a spreading form as it matures. Its foliage consists of dark green, lobed leaves that are both textured and covered in fine hairs. From late spring through autumn, it produces papery, funnel-shaped flowers in a translucent blue-purple hue, featuring yellow stamens at their center. This plant is well-suited for container cultivation, particularly in sheltered or coastal settings, and can be brought indoors during the winter months for protection.
About the genus
Alyogyne consists of evergreen shrubs characterized by simple or palmately lobed foliage and solitary flowers resembling those of hibiscus, which emerge in the leaf axils.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- East-facing, South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H2
Plant details
- Plant type
- Conservatory Greenhouse, Shrubs
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Height
- 1-1.5 metres
- Spread
- 1-1.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 2-5 years
- Suggested uses
- City and courtyard gardens, Coastal, Cottage and informal garden, Mediterranean climate plants
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Under glass grow in free-draining compost in full light; plants can stand out in the summer. Outdoors grow in any well-drained soil in full sun, provided temperatures do not fall below freezing
- Pruning
- Pruning group 9
- Propagation
- Root semi-ripe cuttings in late summer
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to aphids, glasshouse red spider mite and glasshouse whitefly
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free