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Marine Heliotrope

Marine Heliotrope

HELIOTROPIUM arborescens 'Marine'

Blooms Summer through Fall
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Common Name(s)
Heliotrope
Sunlight
Full Sun (6+ hrs) or Partial Sun / Shade (3-6 hrs)
Watering
Let dry
Max Height
1'–2'
Max Spread
6"-12"
Garden Design Role
Bedding
Bloom Season
Summer, Fall
Lifespan
Annual
Growing Habit
Mounding, Bushy
Bloom Color
Purple, Blue
Foliage Color
Green
Stem Color
Green, Purple/Black
Themes
Sunset
Genus
Heliotropium
Family
Boraginaceae
Ship Size
4"

Marine Heliotrope is a live 4-inch plant carrying dense domes of deep violet florets over dark, quilted green leaves — and the scent reaches you first. Most gardeners land somewhere between vanilla and cherry pie describing it.

Compact enough for a doorstep pot and generous enough for a bedding drift, Heliotropium arborescens 'Marine' belongs wherever people sit: patio containers, a bench-side border, the sunny edge of a path. Keep it in fertile soil that stays evenly moist and out of hard wind, and it flowers from summer into fall while bees and butterflies work the clusters.

Fun fact: the name comes from the Greek helios, sun, and trope, to turn — for the old belief that the flower heads follow the sun across the sky.

  • Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hrs)
  • Water: Keep moist
  • Mature Size: 1'–2' tall × 6"-12" wide
  • Bloom Season: Summer, Fall
  • Lifespan: Perennial in zones 10–11 — grown as an annual in colder zones
  • Hardiness Zones: 10–11
  • Attracts: Bees & butterflies

Expect an established, well-rooted plant at your door, healthy arrival guaranteed.