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Hi, I'm Stan DeFreitas, Mr. Green Thumb. This plant is called the Torenia, or sometimes
called Wishbone flower. Now, it makes an excellent bedding plant. You can use it as a plant that's
from one area to another, like a transition plant, or you can use it in a window box,
or you could use it as a bedding plant. Torenias really excel, they don't have very many problems
either as far as insects or fungus, this plant really is a toughie roughie, if you will.
This one's dried out just a tad, but it's one that you can give it a bit of water, and
even though it looks a little bit wiltie, it'll come back out and flower about ten months
a year. Good water soluble plant, food about every week, every two weeks, and this little
Torenia or Wishbone Flower will flower continued throughout the warm season. Now, you wouldn't
plant it during the winter season, but as early as your frost free date in spring, all
the way through to the fall, this plant should flower almost everyday of the year, once it
gets to a mature size. And, they'll get to about a foot, eighteen inches tall. Torenia
is a great bedding plant in your landscape. For On Gardening, I'm Stan DeFreitas, Mr.
Green Thumb.