Lavender Sherbet Tender Nemesia Plants

Nemesia 'Lavender Sherbet' Sundae: 2-Litre Potted Plants

We are not sure what a lavender sherbet would actually taste like, but that doesn't stop this half pale lavender-pink-mauve, half creamy yellow little nemesia looking darned tasty. A compact and upright little deciduous perennial with well-scented, multicoloured flowers, it frost tender and thrives in well-watered pots.

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Features:

• Half pale pink, half yellow flowers with a good scent
• Long flowering period, May/early June to September
• Deciduous perennial
• Frost tender
• Pot-grown delivery: Year round
• Compact, upright habit
• To 20 x 35 cm

Growing 'Lavender Sherbet' Nemesias

Nemesias need full sun and well drained soil. The Sundae series are frost tender, rated H3 by the RHS, which means they should be fine outside in warm locations, especially in the microclimate next to a house or sunny wall; horticultural fleece will be enough to protect them in a typical winter. In colder areas, they should be brought into shelter overwinter.
The plants themselves are drought tolerant when well established, but they need watering in dry weather to keep on flowering.

When your new plants get growing, pinch off the growing tip of the new shoots to make them bush out nicely. If you need to tidy them in future years, trim them lightly in March or April. A verbena would be equally striking.

In Your Garden Design

Design fingers will possibly fizz at the prospect of playing with the colour combination contained in this Nemesia. Many ideas can come to mind with this fetching little plant that keeps on giving throughout the summer. You could take the lead from the blooms and add a light purple petunia alongside it in a container as well as a purple sage and a lovely Fuchsia Delta Sarah. A verbena would be equally striking in the mix. In borders, it is a great bedding plant at the front. Alliums, Agapanthus, delphiniums, digitalis and many other Cottage Garden plants would make perfect backdrops for it.

Did You Know?

The Sundae collection was bred to create bi-colour flowers with a stronger scent.