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Ceratostigma willmottianum
Ceratostigma willmottianum, Chinese plumbago,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae that is native to western China and Tibet.[2] It is an ornamental deciduous shrub that grows to 1 metre in height, with pale blue plumbago-like flowers appearing in autumn as the leaves start to turn red.[3] EtymologyCeratostigma is derived from Greek, meaning 'horned stigma'. This is in reference to the 'shape of the stigmatic surface'.[4] The specific epithet willmottianum was named for Miss Ellen Ann Willmott (1858-1934), a keen gardener and plant introducer from Warley Place, Essex, UK.[4] CultivationCeratostigma willmottianum is cultivated as a garden plant, valued for its late season red leaves and rich blue flowers. Both the species[1] and the cultivar Forest Blue = 'Lice'[5] have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[6] There is also a cultivar with yellow foliage, Desert Skies = 'Palmgold'.[7] References Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ceratostigma willmottianum.
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