Freylinia Tropicana "Blue Freylinia" 5Liter

🌿 Freylinia ‘Tropicana’

Botanical Name: Freylinia ‘Tropicana’
Common Names: Blue Freylinia, Honeybell Bush

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📌 Product Description

Freylinia ‘Tropicana’ is a compact, evergreen shrub admired for its lush green foliage and profuse displays of bright blue, tubular flowers. Flowering generously from late winter through spring — and often intermittently throughout the year — this hardy shrub brings vibrant colour to South African gardens when many other plants are dormant.

Its naturally rounded, bushy habit makes it ideal for low hedges, borders, and mass plantings, while its drought tolerance and resilience make it well suited to water-wise and coastal landscapes.

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📏 Size When Fully Grown

• Height: 1 – 1.5 m
• Spread: 1 – 1.5 m
• Growth Habit: Dense, rounded evergreen shrub
• Growth Rate: Moderate

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🌱 Best Growing Conditions

• Light: Full sun to light partial shade (best flowering in full sun)
• Soil: Well-drained soil; tolerates sandy and slightly poor soils
• Water:
  • Moderate watering during establishment
  • Drought-tolerant once established
• Feeding: Light compost or balanced fertiliser in early spring
• Maintenance:
  • Prune lightly after flowering to maintain shape
  • Responds well to trimming for formal hedges

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🌦️ Planting & Growing Season (South Africa)

• Best Planting Time: Autumn or spring
• Flowering Season: Late winter to spring (with sporadic blooms year-round)
• Growing Season: Spring and summer
• Climate Suitability: Coastal, temperate, and water-wise gardens
• Frost Tolerance: Tolerates light frost once established

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🌼 Additional Benefits

• Brilliant blue flowers during late winter and spring
• Hardy and low-maintenance
• Suitable for coastal and water-wise gardens
• Attracts bees and pollinators
• Excellent for structured or informal garden designs

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🌿 Ideal Uses

✔ Low hedge or border plant
✔ Mass planting for seasonal colour
✔ Coastal and wind-tolerant gardens
✔ Water-wise landscaping
✔ Pollinator-friendly gardens