Blue Daze Delight: A Guide to Growing Your Own
From Seed to Stunning: Growing Your Blue Daze Garden
Introduction
If you're searching for an eye-catching plant that requires minimal upkeep, the Blue Daze Plant (Evolvulus glomeratus) is the perfect option.
This evergreen shrub belongs to the Morning Glory family and produces funnel-shaped flowers with sky-blue hues against silvery green leaves. It can tolerate various soil types but prefers full sun for optimal growth.
Location
The Blue Daze Plant (Evolvulus glomeratus) is an evergreen perennial with funnel-shaped flowers in beautiful sky-blue shades. Native to Paraguay and Brazil, this species can be successfully grown in USDA Hardiness Zones 8-11.
Blue Daze Plants thrive best when exposed to direct sun. They require at least 6-8 hours of direct sun daily to grow and produce blooms.
They prefer moist soil that drains well. This will protect the plant from fungal diseases that could quickly kill it. In areas where rain is frequent, mulch with 2 to 3 inches of organic matter to retain moisture, suppress competitive weeds, and maintain root temperature.
During the growing season, fertilize your Blue Daze Plant with a premium granular or liquid fertilizer at the manufacturer's recommended rate for its size. This will promote your beloved houseplant's stunning true blue blossoms and silvery-green foliage.
If you are uncertain about which fertilizer type to use, there are plenty of choices: granular, slow-release, liquid, organic, and synthetic fertilizers. Just follow the instructions on the label of whatever product you select so your Blue daze Plant's roots can absorb it.
In addition to fertilizing your Blue daze Plant, it's essential that you deadhead spent blooms regularly. Doing this will remove older flowers and promote new ones to grow and motivate the Blue daze Plant to produce more blooms throughout the season. Therefore, it is essential to do this as often as possible.
You will need a pair of pruning shears and a knife when pruning your Blue daze Plant. These tools will enable you to trim back the branches and stems of your plants so they remain compact while producing vibrant flowers.
Blue daze is a low-maintenance, pest and disease-free flowering plant. This makes it an ideal choice for landscaping and gardens, as it adds an eye-catching element to the design. Blue daze can be used as a border or ground cover and can easily be grown in containers, hanging baskets, or mixed pots.
Watering
Blue daze, also known as Evolvulus glomeratus or Hawaiian Blue Eyes, is an evergreen plant with funnel-shaped flowers of sky-blue color. It contrasts beautifully with silvery green leaves and often serves as ground cover in landscapes - especially drought-tolerant ones.
This vibrant plant is the perfect addition to your garden. The vibrant blue flowering display will bring color and vibrancy to any area, whether you live in direct sunlight or have shaded spots.
It is an adaptable perennial that thrives in most soil types, provided it's well drained. You can use it as ground cover, spiller in hanging baskets, or border plant. Furthermore, its salt tolerance makes it a popular choice for coastal gardens.
However, you must ensure it receives adequate sunlight and water. You can grow it in a container, allowing the plant to absorb the necessary amount of water while draining any excess.
Watering Blue Daze correctly requires enough moisture, but not so much that the soil becomes saturated or wet. Excess moisture can lead to fungal problems and reduce plant life significantly.
Another essential step when watering a Blue daze is ensuring it receives at least six hours of sun daily. This will encourage the plant to produce plenty of flowers and promote proper development. Blue daze flowers benefit from monthly fertilization. You can do this with either granular, slow-release, or liquid fertilizer.
Blue daze is a hardy perennial that thrives in various climates and soils. While it prefers full sunlight, it's adaptable to some shade.
Propagating pothos can be accomplished through indoor seeds sown before the last frost date in sandy soil or by taking stem cuttings from healthy plants. You could also transplant these new plants into containers filled with an ideal potting mixture, providing them with the necessary nutrients and moisture.
Fertilization
Blue Daze (Evolvulus glomeratus), a hardy member of the morning glory family, produces funnel-shaped flowers with sky-blue blooms. Unlike other morning glory cultivars, it is non-invasive and can be grown in various garden types. Container plantings or ground cover, especially during hot, dry conditions, are popular for Blue Daze enthusiasts.
Blue-blue flowers complement silver-green foliage and contrast pleasantly with other plants in the garden. It makes an ideal addition to coastal gardens due to its salt spray tolerance and lack of regular watering requirements once established.
This flowering plant can thrive in various soils but needs well-drained conditions to avoid fungal diseases that reduce its lifespan. To fertilize this flowering plant properly, use a slow-release fertilizer with the correct amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium according to its manufacturer's label instructions.
Fertilize your Evolvulus glomeratus plant once a month during spring and summer with a liquid fertilizer that contains NPK 4-14-8 diluted in water. You can also mulch with 2 to 3 inches of organic matter, which helps retain moisture, suppress weeds, and regulate soil temperature.
Blue daze flowers year-round when planted in a sunny location, even after the year's first freeze. When temperatures drop, your plant will die back to the ground; however, with some fertilizer, watering, and mulch, it will re-grow in springtime.
Once it starts blooming again, you can trim it to within a few inches of the ground surface and give it some mulch, water, and slow-release fertilizer for new growth and an attractive appearance. For added visual interest, you may also use it as filler in a mixed pot or in front of a hanging basket.
It is an ideal summer-blooming plant for the front of a border, where it will stand out against typical green foliage and be easily visible from the road. You can also combine it with gray- or silver-foliaged plants for an eye-catching
aesthetic.
Pruning
When cultivating a Blue daze Plant, knowing how to prune it correctly is essential. Doing so will keep your plant healthy and ready to bloom at its optimal potential. Furthermore, pruning can rejuvenate your Blue Daze Plant to produce even more flowers!
Before anything else, ensure your Blue Daze plant gets enough sunlight daily. It requires 6 to 8 hours of direct illumination each day, so ensure it has an area in your garden that receives this amount of illumination.
Furthermore, be mindful not to overwater your plant. Excess watering can encourage the growth of Pythium, a soil-borne fungus that could spread to and destroy your Blue Daze plant.
Thirdly, give your Blue Daze Plant the proper fertilizer. This can be a general-purpose liquid fertilizer, but ideally, use a slow-release fertilizer to promote more frequent flowering and growth!
Finally, ensure your Blue Daze Plant gets plenty of water each week. The ideal way to do this is with a watering can, but you could also water it directly with a hose.
Once you've covered all these details, you can start enjoying your Blue daze Plant! This hardy and stunning plant will thrive in any Florida garden!
Blue daze is an ideal plant choice for Florida gardens due to its remarkable resistance to various conditions. In fact, it can even thrive in places other plants would struggle with! This plant is incredibly easy to care for and maintain. You can grow it as a flowering pot plant or as ground cover.
You can even use this plant as a spiller in your mixed container! Plus, you can propagate this species by taking stem cuttings from an established parent plant.