About
Nemesia strumosa, Cape jewels, is a bushy annual to 30 cm with lance-shaped leaves and racemes of showy, two-lipped flowers 2 cm across in a vast range of colours including red, purple, pink, blue, yellow and white, often attractively bicoloured. An ornamental and colourful annual for a sunny border or container.
About the genus
Nemesia are annuals, perennials and subshrubs with simple, opposite leaves and two-lipped, tubular flowers in short racemes. Popular and colourful bedding and border plants.
Plant details
Suggested usesBorders, containers, mixed plantings.
Care notes
CultivationPlant in well-drained soil. Water during establishment.
PruningRemove dead growth as needed.
PropagationPropagate by division, cuttings, or seed.
Pest resistanceGenerally pest-free.
Disease resistanceGenerally disease-resistant.