This vigorous perennial has slender spreading branched stems that form an open matted prostrate habit. It has dark green lobed leaves and the deep blue, tube-shaped flowers appear singular from summer to late autumn. 

Hardiness zones 9 to 11 

Lobelia gracilis is naturally in Australia growing wide spread along the coast and the adjoining tablelands from south-east Queensland and extending to the Royal National Park in New South Wales appearing in open forests. 

It grows in an open sunny to semi shaded protected positions in well drained moderately fertile sandy soils and is drought tolerant but frost tender. 

The Trailing Lobelia is grown for its spreading habit and foliage. It is planted in small gardens as a ground cover or used in rockeries. It is suitable for coastal regions establishing in 1 to 2 years. It is also planted in bushland settings scrambling over rocks or used along pathways. ID 2518

Lobelia (low-BEE-lee-uh) gracilis (gray-SIL-es)

Campanulaceae (kam-pan-yew-LAY-see-ee)
Bellflower and Lobelia Family