I have the Joseph's Coat in the same pot as a Cassia. It is a low grower and fills in the area around the base of the plant nicely. The colors change according to the season but it is in the second year now and is doing well. Mine does not get tall, don't know if yours is a different variety or not.

The bright pink joseph's coat could be called Party Time. I lost mine prob to overwatering. I'd love to try it again.
My reg joseph's coat is sprawling under my plumeria. You can't kill it.

Hi V,

What the heck is WallyWorld? Send me an email if you can't say here...gotta see some pictures of these plants. Up til now I've always just grown tropicals in my yard but didn't really care if stuff was flowering or not. Now I'm realizing just how boring my yard is, thanks to GW...just consider me a late bloomer ;-)

Tom

Tom,

Wally World is Walmart...that's so funny I thought everyone knew that was their nickname, LOL...Hey does anyone know if the nickname originated from the Chevy Chase Movie, National Lampoon's Vacation?

Here you go, Tom.

My Mom needed to go to the pharmacy, right next door to the garden center and I succumbed. The pink is a true pink, not so red as here. The blue is a bit more purple. The foliage reminds me of torenia. It does not have a label except Navy Star Flower.

I wonder if the navy blue flowering plant is one of the clematis integrifolia. It's one of the non-climbing clematis.
I've attached a link. There are quite a few members of clematis integrifolia. Both plants are beautiful.
I miss my clematis from up north. They thrived in our soil; I had about 20 different kinds.

Here's the link

Here is a link that might be useful:

The correct name of the department you are in when you purchase plants is "Pharmacy". That is where you buy what keeps your body and soul alive. It is important to budget your money and time to stop in that department first, before heading out to more mundane departments.

I believe it's a new introduction of a persian violet. Check out Exacum navy star and see if this matches.

Ginny

I'd say Ginny is right, look at the two varieties at the link below...think I'll go check out my local "WallyWorld" ;-)

Here is a link that might be useful: Exacum Navy Star

FloraBuds,

Just so you know, when I went back to the pharmacy to get my "medicine" for my Body and Soul, the exacums were in bad shape from over watering. Many of them had keeled over from damp rot.

And the Party Times were $6!, not five. Still, I am glad I went for them.

Does anyone know about their cultivation and growth haibits? The exacum looks like a ground cover to me.

Thanks to all for the id's.

Veronica

Just found some info. Exacum best in winter and in shade, except in winter. Highly susceptible to stem rot from being too wet.

Got to go get it out of the sun....

Is it really as blue as tomnkath's link

I've grown exacum inside on my west facing bathroom window. They last for a while. I over/under water and kill them. I still buy them for their beauty and fragrance.
If I planted it outside it would never survive the rains.

The blue is remarkable!