About
Amicia zygomeris is a perennial plant with a woody base, featuring leaves made up of two pairs of heart-shaped leaflets. In the fall, it produces clusters of pea-like flowers, measuring 3 cm in width, that display purple and yellow hues.
About the genus
Amicia consists of erect perennial plants featuring alternate leaves made up of four leaflets. They display noticeable stipules with purple veins and produce pea-like flowers during the autumn season.
Growing conditions
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil type
- Chalk, Loam, Sand
- Soil pH
- Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
- Soil moisture
- Well-drained
- Aspect
- South-facing, West-facing
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- UK hardiness
- H4
Plant details
- Plant type
- Bedding, Herbaceous Perennial
- Habit
- Bushy
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Height
- 1.5-2.5 metres
- Spread
- 1-1.5 metres
- Time to full height
- 1-2 years
- Suggested uses
- Mediterranean climate plants, City and courtyard gardens, Coastal
- Native to
- Mexico
Care notes
- Cultivation
- Outdoors grow in well-drained fertile soil in full sun; mulch in winter in frost prone areas. Will tolerate temperatures down to -10°C (14°F) and regenerate from the woody base if cut back by frost. Under glass grow in peat-free, loam-based potting compost in full light.
- Pruning
- Outdoors, prune out frost damaged growth in late winter
- Propagation
- Propagate by seed sown at 13-18°C (55-64°F) in spring. Root basal cuttings in summer
- Pest resistance
- May be susceptible to slugs and snails
- Disease resistance
- Generally disease-free