{"product_id":"pleroma-foveolatum-blue-moon","title":"Pleroma foveolatum 'Blue Moon'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePleroma foveolatum 'Blue Moon'\u003c\/strong\u003e shrinks the glory bush to patio-pot scale without losing a drop of its magic: soft, silver-haired velvet leaves and satiny, wide-open flowers in luminous violet-blue, produced in flushes from midsummer deep into autumn. Few blues in the plant kingdom are this saturated.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe sell it honestly as a \u003cstrong\u003epatio and conservatory shrub\u003c\/strong\u003e (H2): outdoors in the sun from late spring to autumn, under bright frost-free cover for winter, the same easy rhythm as a citrus. Compact, pinchable and generous, it is the easiest way into the velvet-leaved Melastome family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHow and where to grow\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePosition:\u003c\/strong\u003e full sun to bright light shade on the summer patio.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSoil:\u003c\/strong\u003e rich, free-draining, slightly acid compost in a pot.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e tidy at 60-90 cm with spring pinching.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHardiness:\u003c\/strong\u003e H2; winter under cover.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePair it with the royal-purple \u003ca href=\"\/products\/pleroma-foveolatum-purple-moon\"\u003e'Purple Moon'\u003c\/a\u003e and full-size \u003ca href=\"\/products\/tibouchina-urvilleana\"\u003eTibouchina urvilleana\u003c\/a\u003e, and summer it among our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/plants-for-pots\"\u003eplants for pots\u003c\/a\u003e beside the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hardy-exotics\"\u003ehardy exotics\u003c\/a\u003e display.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNursery-grown, well-branched plants. Overwintering honesty in our \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/hardy-exotics-what-to-expect\"\u003eseasonal expectations guide\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GROW TROPICALS","offers":[{"title":"17cm \/ 2L","offer_id":58370053996927,"sku":"PLERBLUE17","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/files\/bluemoon.jpg?v=1789653101","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/pleroma-foveolatum-blue-moon","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}