Scaevola albida
White Fan Flower
Scaevola is a heat and drought tolerant plant is an evergreen perennial, often grown as an annual. It is a native of Australia and New Guinea. The leaves are spoon-shaped, and the flowers form a fan-shape (the common name is Fairy Fan-Flower'). They bloom in Summer, and need eight hours of sunlight per day. Scaevola Albida is unlike other scaevola in that it is prostrate and low-growing, making good ground-cover. The leaves are oval, slightly hairy, slightly wavy-edged, and semi-succulent. The 5-petalled, small flowers are in small clusters, and in a colour ranging from white to pale blue or lilac.
Contributed by @jimbobjim
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Light to medium
Common name
White Fan Flower
Latin name
Scaevola albida
type
evergreen perennial
family
Goodeniaceae
ph
6.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Light to medium
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
0.50 M
0.20 M
Scaevola albida
Scaevola is a heat and drought tolerant plant is an evergreen perennial, often grown as an annual. It is a native of Australia and New Guinea. The leaves are spoon-shaped, and the flowers form a fan-shape (the common name is Fairy Fan-Flower'). They bloom in Summer, and need eight hours of sunlight per day. Scaevola Albida is unlike other scaevola in that it is prostrate and low-growing, making good ground-cover. The leaves are oval, slightly hairy, slightly wavy-edged, and semi-succulent. The 5-petalled, small flowers are in small clusters, and in a colour ranging from white to pale blue or lilac.
Propagating by cuttings
From Early Spring TO Mid Summer
Take softwood cuttings from new growth early in the day in Spring or early Summer. Cut, neatly, a 4" approx. piece of a non-flowering shoot, pinch out the tip, and cut off the bottom leaves. Dip the bottom of the cutting in hormone rooting powder, and carefully place in a pot of cutting compost with the leaves just above the level of the compost. Water, label, cover with a polythene bag, and place in a warm, bright place, out of direct sunlight. Take the polythene bag off periodically for a while for ventilation (at least twice a week)
Flowering
From Late Spring TO Late Summer
Fairy Fan-Flowers bloom from late Spring through to the end of Summer
Planting
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Plant in a free-draining fertile soil - or in a container filled with good-quality compost - in a sheltered site that will get at least 8 hours of sunlight. Plant after the danger of frost has passed, and when the temperature is at least 60 deg.F.