Compact and Vibrant

Our outdoor perennial plants are suitable for small gardens or containers, growing to a height of just 10 inches. Their rich, violet-blue flowers add vibrant color and texture, creating a stunning visual impact without taking up much space. Great for those who want big beauty in a compact form.

Pollinator-Friendly

Attracting bees, butterflies, and other beneficial insects, our Heliotropes play a vital role in supporting local pollinator populations. Their fragrant flower bulbs serve as a rich food source, encouraging healthy habitats while providing natural movement and life in your garden.

Fragrant Blooms

Heliotrope flowers are known for their delightful vanilla scent that fills the air, particularly in the evening. Their exquisite fragrance transforms your garden into a sensory experience, offering a pleasant aroma that makes any outdoor spaces more enjoyable and inviting during warm months.

Low Maintenance

Once established, our outdoor flower seed requires minimal care. Their robust nature makes them highly adaptable, needing only occasional watering and light pruning. Suitable for busy gardeners or beginners, our plants offer beauty and fragrance without demanding much time or effort to grow.

Heliotrope (Heliotropium Arborescens Extra Dwarf Marine) - Heliotrope seeds produce a richly colored plant with both foliage and blooms that nicely contrast each other. The blooms are not only lovely, but they also have a spectacular vanilla scent! This Heliotropium Arborescens Marine Heliotrope has a compact form with broadly oval to lance-shaped, textured leaves tinged with purple. In summer, it bears a profusion of fragrant deep violet-blue flower heads up to 6 inches across. Heliotrope is a cottage garden favorite, and through the years has been called Turnsole Plant, Cherry Pie Plant, Common Heliotrope, and Fragrant Heliotrope. Whatever name you call it, it is a delight to grow!

Heliotrope plants are a perennial in warmer climates but grown as an annual where it is not hardy. Its rich foliage and profuse blooms make it a great choice for summer bedding, containers or window boxes. A strong scent of vanilla floats through the garden, especially on summer evenings, making this tender perennial an excellent choice for containers or edgings in sunny borders. Bees and butterflies like the scent as well and visit Heliotrope flowers often!

Sow Heliotrope seeds indoors 6 - 8 weeks before the last frost. Use rich potting mix and keep the flower seeds moist until germination. When transplanting to the garden or larger containers, pinch back tops of young Heliotrope plants to encourage branching. Deadhead spent blooms throughout season to encourage flowering. Remove plants after frost.