Overview

Torenia Summer Wave Amethyst ('Sunrenilapa'PBR) is a bushy annual biennial in the genus Torenia, part of the Linderniaceae family, with deciduous foliage. Torenia Summer Wave Amethyst ('Sunrenilapa'PBR) grows best in full sun and partial shade, and tolerates loam soils and any pH. Its UK hardiness is rated H2. Suggested uses include city and courtyard gardens, cottage and informal garden, hanging basket, patio and container plants, low maintenance, flower borders and beds and garden edging.

About

Torenia Summer Wave Amethyst ('Sunrenilapa'PBR) is an annual biennial Torenia cultivar that produces a continuous summer flowering display from June to October. Plants are well-branched with a compact habit suited to containers and borders. It prefers a moist, freely draining loam in a sheltered, east- to west-facing spot. As an H2-rated plant it should be grown as a half-hardy summer annual in the UK.

About the genus

Torenia is a genus of plants now classified in the family Linderniaceae. Torenia has also been classified in the figwort family Scrophulariaceae. Species are often called wishbone flowers, bluewings, or in Hawaii nanioola'a or ola'a beauty.

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In the garden

Torenia Summer Wave Amethyst ('Sunrenilapa'PBR) belongs to the Linderniaceae and sits within the genus Torenia, a group originally from tropical regions of Asia, Africa and the Americas. This cultivar is raised as an annual biennial in temperate gardens where it produces its main display over the summer months, flowering from June to October. Plant in a loam-based compost that remains moist but drains freely; the cultivar tolerates acid to alkaline pH. Position in full sun or partial shade, ideally in a sheltered spot with an east, south or west aspect. In the UK its H2 hardiness rating means it is half-hardy: avoid planting out while frost is possible and treat as a summer annual or overwinter under cover. Torenia Summer Wave Amethyst suits hanging baskets, patio containers, courtyard and city gardens, cottage-style beds and edging where a compact, well-branched plant is required. It responds well to container culture and benefits from a protected position; time planting after the last frost to maximise the June–October flowering period and provide frost protection if you wish to retain plants past autumn.

Growing conditions

Best soil and position for Torenia

Sunlight

Full sun, Partial shade

Soil type

Loam

Soil pH

Acid, Alkaline, Neutral

Soil moisture

Moist but well-drained

Aspect

East-facing, South-facing, West-facing

Exposure

Sheltered

UK hardiness

H2

Plant details

Torenia Summer Wave Amethyst ('Sunrenilapa'PBR) size, habit and characteristics

Plant type

Annual Biennial

Habit

Bushy

Foliage

Deciduous

Suggested uses

City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Hanging basket, Patio and container plants, Low Maintenance, Flower borders and beds, Garden edging

Care notes

Pruning and caring for Torenia Summer Wave Amethyst ('Sunrenilapa'PBR)

Propagation

Seed, Stem cuttings

Pest resistance

Slugs, Snails, Aphids

Disease resistance

Root rot, Powdery mildews

Frequently asked questions

More in the Torenia genus

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