Seaside Heliotrope
Heliotropium curassavicum
Seaside heliotrope is a fleshy, blue-green native of saline flats and shores, with coiled spikes of small white-and-blue flowers, a salt-tolerant, drought-hardy groundcover for tough, alkaline sites.
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 1.2–1.2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, groundcover, container, rain garden, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, HI, ID, KS, LA, MD, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TX, UT, VA, WA, WY