The trailing white spiller that softens the edge of every good mixed container.
Bacopa (Sutera) makes a curtain of fine stems studded with small five-petalled flowers, usually white, sometimes lavender or pink. It is the plant designers reach for to spill over the rim of a basket and tie the rest of the planting together. It flowers continuously as long as it never dries out completely - one hard wilt and it sulks for a fortnight - so it belongs in a container you water rather than a bed you forget. Offered in 4-Inch Pot, shipped well-rooted from our Lineville, Alabama nursery.
Hardy in zones 9a–11b. It won't take a hard freeze, so north of its range grow it in a pot and bring it in for winter.
Full colour is zones 9a–11b, where this plant is hardy in the ground. Lower 48 shown — that's where we ship. 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, via the PRISM Climate Group.
How big does it get?
Under 1 ft tall, trailing 1-2 ft over the pot rim.
How much light does it need?
Full sun to part sun; give it afternoon shade in high summer.
Is it safe for pets?
Not known to be toxic to cats and dogs.
How is it shipped?
Packed to arrive healthy and shipped from our Alabama nursery to the lower 48 states.
Ships to all 48 contiguous states from our farm in Lineville, Alabama.
What it costs
Based on your order total: $12.95 under $35 · $16.95 to $75 · $21.95 to $125 · free over $125.
Ship days
Mondays and Tuesdays only — see below.
Getting it ready
1–3 business days to pot up, water back and pack.
Where we can't go
Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories, P.O. boxes, and outside the United States.
A plant in a dark box is on a clock. Shipping early in the week means it reaches you before the weekend instead of sitting in a warehouse from Friday to Monday. It costs us a day or two of lead time and saves a lot of plants.
Practically: an order placed Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or over the weekend goes out the following Monday. We'd rather tell you that now than let you find it in a tracking number.
Typical ground transit from Lineville, Alabama after the ship day. Estimates, not guarantees — weather and carrier backlogs happen.
Tracking is emailed the moment your box is scanned.
A little leaf drop or travel stress is normal and usually sorts itself out within a week or two of settling in. If a plant arrives genuinely damaged, email support@wadegreens.com within 48 hours of delivery with a photo of the plant and the box, and we'll make it right.
The facts that decide whether it takes root, in the order that matters.
Sunlight
Full Sun (6+ hrs) · Partial Sun (4-6 hrs)
Six or more hours of direct sun. With less it stretches toward the light and flowering thins out.
Water
High
Keep the soil consistently damp. It wilts fast and does not always come back from a hard dry-out.
Mature Size
Under 1 ft
Where it settles once established. Plan the spacing for this, not for the size it arrives at.
Foliage
Herbaceous
Soft-stemmed. It dies back to the ground and returns from the roots — the top going brown is the plan, not a failure.
Works As
Containers & Patio · Border & Bed
Traits