Do You Lilac It Combination

Light Needs

Partial Sun to Full Sun

(At Least 5 Hours of Direct Sunlight)

Mature Height

6 - 12 Inches

Mature Spread

18 - 24 Inches

Container Role ?

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What does this mean?

This shows how the plant is typically used in a container combo — Thriller (tall focal point), Filler (mid-height mass), or Spiller (trailing over the edge).

Tip: match plant habit to the role for the best designs.

Do You Lilac It paints containers with waves of lavender-blue funnels, royal indigo trumpets, and silver-striped verbena clusters from late spring until the first hard frost. Two Supertunia cultivars—Blue Veined and Royal Velvet®—team with Superbena® Stormburst to form a low, trailing dome roughly ten inches tall before the stems begin to tumble over the rim. Flowers keep themselves tidy, releasing a light evening scent that hints at lilac. Place the recipe where morning sun and afternoon shade meet to see the coolest tones emerge at dawn and dusk.

Tough enough for muggy summers, this trio tolerates short dry spells, resists common petunia diseases, and remains attractive to hummingbirds as well as swallowtail butterflies. All three components share a mounding-to-cascading habit, so the mix doubles as a spiller and filler in hanging baskets, window boxes, or along retaining walls. In the landscape, a group of three recipes spaced a foot apart creates a flowering carpet that softens path edges and suppresses weeds. The monochrome palette pairs easily with silver artemisia, chartreuse coleus, or white gaura for layered borders.

Do You Lilac It Combination Care

Start with a peat-based potting mix enriched with controlled-release fertilizer, then position the container in at least six hours of direct light. Irrigate thoroughly when the top inch of soil dries—daily in high summer—allowing excess water to drain freely. Feed every two weeks with a balanced water-soluble fertilizer to sustain the heavy bloom load. If stems elongate in midsummer, shear back by one-third and follow immediately with fertilizer; fresh buds will appear within ten days.

These Proven Winners selections behave as annuals outside USDA Zones 10–11; expect nonstop color until temperatures touch freezing. Indoor gardeners can root tip cuttings in early autumn and grow them under bright lights to restart containers next spring. Where winters stay mild, trim plants lightly after frost danger passes and they may resprout for a second season of color.

Do You Lilac It Combination Spacing

In a 12-inch basket or bowl, arrange two Blue Veined plants opposite two Royal Velvet®, then nestle one Stormburst into the center; each transplant should sit roughly five inches from its neighbor. Move up to a 16-inch patio pot for six plants or extra room between starts. For bedding schemes, set individual plugs 18 inches apart—within four weeks the mounds will mingle, creating an unbroken monochrome drift of bloom.

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