Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. a plumbago flower blooms in the garden - Frans Sellies/Getty Images If you're looking for a long-blooming, versatile perennial ...

While some plants may express their resentment of the desert heat in the summer, well-established plumbago shrubs bloom in Midland and Odessa well until frost. This plant loves our West Texas sunshine ...

A: Wait until after the last frost in early spring. You could plant now, but a new plumbago would be especially susceptible to freezes, so you would need to protect it when it's 32 degrees or colder.

It seems like whenever I travel outside of our Zone 5 climate, I get a case of what some people call “zone envy”. There’s always a plant or two at my destination that would look perfect in my garden ...