Bacopa 'White Secrets'

A tender plant best planted in full sun to partial shade in free draining soil and kept moist and feed regularly through flowering period. Bacopa is a short growing and spreading, long flowering aquatic plant, useful as ground cover. It needs moist conditions however. It has bright mid green leaves that are ovate with serrations around the edges. It has masses of open white flowers with yellow centres. Some trailing varieties are suitable as filler plants for hanging baskets and containers.

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plant Features

Full sun to partial shade
Occasional watering
Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)
Moist and free draining

plant information

Common name

Bacopa 'White Secrets'

Latin name

Bacopa 'White Secrets'

type

Perennial

family

Plantaginaceae

ph

5.5 - 6.5 Acid - Neutral

Light

Full sun to partial shade
Frost

Frost Hardy: 23F (-5°C)

Soil

Moist and free draining
Water

Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

Best time to plant

full grown dimensions

0.46 M 0.15 M

Bacopa 'White Secrets'

Planting Outdoors

From Mid Spring TO Late Spring

Plant out container grown plants in partial shade, morning sun is good, into a fertile but moist position. Pinching out the tops will make them grow bushier.

Propagating by seed

From Late Winter TO Early Spring

Sow seed into trays of compost, press them into the soil only, keep the compost moist and place in a plastic bag or propagator. when they are big enough to handle replant them into containers and put in a cooler place.

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