The torenia, or wishbone flower, thrives in shade and woodland gardens. Learn to grow this colorful annual with clown-face blooms now on Gardener’s Path.
Wishbone flowers (Torenia fournieri) feature bright colors and are excellent for shady borders or containers. Learn how to maximize its blooms.
Discover the secrets to growing and caring for wishbone flowers (Torenia), a versatile, shade-loving annual that blooms profusely from late spring to fall
How to Grow & Care for Wishbone Flower (Torenia) - Garden Design
Torenia is a stunning addition to a shade garden. Whether you call it wishbone flower, clown flower, or any other name, our tips will help you grow it right. Lorin Nielsen is the expert who will help you get the best from these pretty annuals.
Torenia is a small genus that contains exactly 3 species of delicate-looking flowering plants – T. asiatica, T. crustacea, and T. fournieri. The flowers from this genus go by various common names including Wishbone flowers, Bluewings, Ola’a beauty, or Nanioola’a. However, the representative species for this genus is none other than Torenia fournieri. You might be tempted to think that ...
Torenia is also known as wishbone flower because it has a unique wishbone shape in the center of each flower. Flowers resemble snapdragons and can be white, yellow, pink, violet or purple, depending on the cultivar.
Torenia is a genus of plants now classified in the family Linderniaceae. [1] Torenia has also been classified in the figwort family Scrophulariaceae. [2] Species are often called wishbone flowers, bluewings, or in Hawaii nanioola'a or ola'a beauty. The genus includes 69 species native to the tropical Americas and Africa, tropical and subtropical Asia, and the Pacific Islands. [1] Some species ...