Boething Treeland Farms grows over 1,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, perennials and specialty plants on 9 California nurseries to serve the wholesale landscape and nursery industries throughout the Western United States and beyond.
Plant Type: Shrubs
Evergreen-Deciduous: Evergreen
Overall Mature Size: Medium
Also Grown As: Bush
Mature Height & Spread: 2-3' x 3-5'
Natural Growth Habit: Dense, Mounding
Native To: Australia, Cultivar
Exposure: Full Sun, Partial Shade
Water: Medium Water, Low Water
Flower Color: Blue / Purple
Bloom Time: Spring, Fall, Winter
Special Features: Attracts Birds/Butterflies/Bees / Cold Hardy / Colorful Foliage / Deer Resistant / Desert Conditions / Drought Resistant / Fire Resistant/Retardant / Hedge / Screen / Seacoast Conditions / Shade Tolerant
Container Sizes: #3
Sunset Garden Zones: 8, 9, 13-24
USDA Hardiness Zone: 8-11
Eremophila hygrophana ‘Blue Alarm’ is an Australian evergreen shrub featuring a dense, mounded habit, lance-shaped, soft, fuzzy, silvery-grey foliage and continuous displays of vibrant purple-blue tubular flowers. Uses include low border hedge, mass planting, erosion control, groundcover. Excellent for desert conditions, seacoast conditions. Requires full sun for the best bloom and foliage density; it is not shade tolerant. It prefers average to sandy or gravelly soils. Excellent drainage is a strict requirement. Low water once established. Needs only occasional irrigation. Highly deer and rabbit resistant. Fire-resistant. Resistant to Verticillium Wilt. Cold hardy to 20°F.
Eremophila hygrophana ‘Blue Alarm’ is an Australian evergreen shrub featuring a dense, mounded habit, lance-shaped, soft, fuzzy, silvery-grey foliage and continuous displays of vibrant purple-blue tubular flowers. Uses include low border hedge, mass planting, erosion control, groundcover. Excellent for desert conditions, seacoast conditions. Requires full sun for the best bloom and foliage density; it is not shade tolerant. It prefers average to sandy or gravelly soils. Excellent drainage is a strict requirement. Low water once established. Needs only occasional irrigation. Highly deer and rabbit resistant. Fire-resistant. Resistant to Verticillium Wilt. Cold hardy to 20°F.
