Doctorbush
Plumbago scandens
Doctorbush (wild plumbago) is a sprawling, shrubby vine of the South with white phlox-like flowers nearly year-round, a larval host for the cassius blue butterfly and tolerant of dry shade.
- Family
- Plumbaginaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–6 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- hedge or screen, foundation, erosion control
- Native states
- AZ, FL, TX