There are about 40 species of annuals and perennials, that are usually cultivated as annuals, in this genus. \u00a0Native to warm-temperature tropic areas in North and South America. \u00a0Ageratum may be erect, spreading or mound forming up to 30\u201d tall. \u00a0They have felted oval to heart shape mid green leaves. \u00a0In summer and autumn panicles of 30-50 small flower heads from soft round brush like clusters varying form blue or gray blue to pink or white. Their very attractive to butterflies.<\/p>\n
Grow in fertile, moist but well drained soil in full sun or partial shade. \u00a0Regular dead heading is essential to prolong flower.<\/p>\n
Prone to southern blight, crown rots, root rots, Botrytis blight, powdery mildew<\/i><\/em>\u00a0and rust.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n Ageratum houstonianum<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 This popular annual is native to Central America and the West Indies. \u00a0Usually a great summer bedding in variable sizes, large 12\u201d, medium 8\u201d, and dwarf 6\u201d tall. \u00a0Usually growing 6-12\u201d wide. \u00a0All, form clumps of foliage with fluffy flowers of blue, pink and white. Blooms mid summer to first frost.<\/p>\n \u2018Adriatic\u2019<\/b><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 is bushy growing 6-12\u201d tall and in breadth with clear mid blue flower.<\/p>\n Zones 10-13<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ageratum \u2013 Floss Flower There are about 40 species of annuals and perennials, that are usually cultivated as annuals, in this genus. \u00a0Native to warm-temperature tropic areas in North and South America. \u00a0Ageratum may be erect, spreading or mound forming up to 30\u201d tall. \u00a0They have felted oval to heart shape mid green leaves. \u00a0In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":31843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"product_cat":[24,38,25,20],"product_tag":[],"common-name":[],"toolset-meta":{"plant-product-fields":{"is-featured-product":{"type":"checkbox","raw":""},"zone":{"type":"checkboxes","raw":"","checked":[],"formatted":""},"scientific-name":{"type":"textfield","raw":""}},"toolset-woocommerce-fields":{"_download_limit":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_virtual":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_downloadable":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_download_expiry":{"type":"numeric","raw":"-1"},"_download_type":{"type":"radio","raw":""},"_regular_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_sale_price_dates_from":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sale_price_dates_to":{"type":"date","raw":"","formatted":null},"_sku":{"type":"textfield","raw":"PDE-160254957"},"_manage_stock":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_stock_status":{"type":"radio","raw":"instock"},"_stock":{"type":"numeric","raw":null},"_backorders":{"type":"radio","raw":"no"},"_sold_individually":{"type":"checkbox","raw":"no"},"_width":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_weight":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_length":{"type":"numeric","raw":""},"_purchase_note":{"type":"textarea","raw":""}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/6296"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=6296"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=6296"},{"taxonomy":"common-name","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/directory.plantdistributors.com\/plant-distributors-new-york\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/common-name?post=6296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}