I am always looking for unique plants that brighten the landscape. Scaevola , commonly known as fan flower, is one of those plants. Native to Australia and the Pacific Islands, these plants are ...

Understanding the Context

Fan Flower or Scaevola is a ground-hugging summer annual. It flowers best in full sun, but will tolerate partial shade. The fan shaped flowers are produced all season long on low spreading plants. It ...

Key Insights

The Whirlwind Blue fan flower (Scaevola aemula ‘Whirlwind Blue’) is a resilient summer annual that is relatively easy to grow. The shiny, dark-green foliage is small and ovate, with irregularly spaced ... Billings Gazette: On Gardening: Move over fans: The Scaevola has become a star With August upon us, one summer annual plant that keeps working is the Sundiva White Scaevola (Scaevola hybrid). This Scaevola has bright-green ovate leaves with a toothed leaf margin. The leaves are ...

Final Thoughts

Daily Journal: SOUTHERN GARDENING: Scaevola works as border, groundcover or in container If you have gone complacent or perhaps even boring when it comes to scaevola, The Garden Guy is here to tell you it is time to crush the color combos. Scaevola will partner well in mixed containers ... The Garden Guy was a scaevola guru when scaevola wasn’t cool. Well, maybe that’s a slight exaggeration; let me explain. The year was 1997 and your humble columnist was the coordinator of the ...