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White Fan Flower in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

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.

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plant Features
  • White Fan Flower likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • White Fan Flower likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • White Fan Flower is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • White Fan Flower likes light to medium

    Light to medium

 
plant information

Common name

White Fan Flower

Latin name

Scaevola albida

type

evergreen perennial

family

Goodeniaceae

ph

6.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    White Fan Flower likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    White Fan Flower is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Soil

    White Fan Flower likes light to medium

    Light to medium

  • Water

    White Fan Flower likes occasional watering

    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

The size of a fully grown White Fan Flower is 0.50meters x 0.20meters 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.

 
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