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Group/Class:  Momento Series

Description:

This compact variety features beautiful buttery yellow and lavender flowers rising above slender stems, perfect for gardens, hanging baskets and patio containers; blooms from early spring throughout the summer; sweet fragrance attracts pollinators

Ornamental Features

Momento™ Lavender Yellow Nemesia features dainty lightly-scented buttery yellow pea-like flowers with lavender overtones and yellow eyes at the ends of the stems from mid spring to early fall. Its small pointy leaves remain dark green in color throughout the season.

Landscape Attributes

Momento™ Lavender Yellow Nemesia is a dense herbaceous annual with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.

This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and should not require much pruning, except when necessary, such as to remove dieback. It is a good choice for attracting butterflies to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Momento™ Lavender Yellow Nemesia is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Mass Planting
• Border Edging
• General Garden Use
• Container Planting
• Hanging Baskets

Planting & Growing

Momento™ Lavender Yellow Nemesia will grow to be about 8 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 6 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 6 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain low and dense right to the ground. This fast-growing annual will normally live for one full growing season, needing replacement the following year.

This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It may require supplemental watering during periods of drought or extended heat. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid. It can be propagated by cuttings; however, as a cultivated variety, be aware that it may be subject to certain restrictions or prohibitions on propagation.

Momento™ Lavender Yellow Nemesia is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor containers and hanging baskets. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a mass of flowers against which the larger thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.