This annual has upright stems that form a low bushy habit. It has pale green ovate leaves and the prolific lilac blue tube-shaped flowers appear in clusters above the foliage from summer to autumn.

Hardiness zones 10 to 12

Torenia fournieri is naturally found in tropical Africa growing in well drained, fertile moist soils in a protected sunny position. It is frost and drought tender.

The Wishbone Flower and its cultivars are grown for their colourful flowers. It is planted in small or cottage gardens as a bedding plant or in garden borders mixed with other annuals. It is also grown in containers and in cool climates it is used as an indoor or glasshouse specimen. It is fast growing and establishes in one season. ID 974

Torenia(to-REEn-ee-a) fournieri(four-nee-E-ree)

Scrophulariaceae (skrof-yoo-larr-ee-AY-see-ee)
Figwort and Foxglove Family