Bacopa

eastwood2007 · Post by **eastwood2007** » Jun 23, 2007 3:03 pm

I love this new Bacopa. I tried to get the colors right, but they aren't quite. The leaves are a bright chartreuse and the flowers are a pale lavender/blue. I couldn't find the plant tag, but it was a new intro last year.

madmama · Post by **madmama** » Jun 23, 2007 5:00 pm

I have this too and like you can’t find the tag. The foliage on mine is looking good, a little darker green then yours, but I am not getting many flowers. I have the white not far from it and it is blooming nicely. Not sure what is up with it.

kHT · Post by **kHT** » Jun 23, 2007 8:42 pm

Pretty pig and love how you displayed the plant!!

eastwood2007 · Post by **eastwood2007** » Jul 06, 2007 12:16 pm

Madmama....Here's little piggy Bacopa on 6/28...big change from the 23rd. Now it is blooming continually. Is yours blooming better?

madmama · Post by **madmama** » Jul 07, 2007 7:58 am

After looking closer at mine I don’t think we have the same kind. My leaves are much smaller and darker green. But the blooms look to be about the same color. I don’t know what happened but the sucker is now blooming like crazy. Might be the fish emulsion I gave it.
But it just doesn’t look as good as yours as mine is in a boring hanging basket and not a cute little pig. I really love that pig!!

eastwood2007 · Post by **eastwood2007** » Jul 07, 2007 11:44 am

Thanks, Madmama! The little piggy was my mom's. I have had it 6 years now, and have never really found just the right thing to put in it....I think the Bacopa is going to stay! Even DH commented on it yesterday...

Spider · Post by **Spider** » Jul 10, 2007 9:21 pm

That piggy combo is just too cute!

Nathalie23 · Post by **Nathalie23** » Jul 11, 2007 6:21 am

Very beautiful!!! How many bacopa are in the pig

?

eastwood2007 · Post by **eastwood2007** » Jul 11, 2007 2:00 pm

Thanks, everyone!

Nathalie, there's just one bacopa in the piggy.

The piggy is just about 15" long x 10" high. That's a 28-30" bistro table it is sitting on. Lots of places sell the piggies. I see them almost everywhere they have a large selection of clay pottery.

It was my momma's favorite pot, but I have never found anything that would grow well in it, as the opening is narrower than the pot part. I almost killed this bacopa before I got it planted in there, so I really didn't have much hope. This bacopa must be sturdy! I really want to find the tag so I know what it is. I got it at my favorite garden center which closed this summer due to owners retiring. I have never seen the bacopa anywhere else, but the gal told me it was new last year...I hope it will carry over in my greenhouse for he winter...

eastwood2007 · Post by **eastwood2007** » Jul 11, 2007 2:29 pm

The bacopa kinda fits piggy like a saddle.

Piggy from the north:

Piggy from the south:

Nathalie23 · Post by **Nathalie23** » Jul 11, 2007 6:59 pm

I didn't realize that the pig was so tiny!!!! My mother had already keep a bacopa in her house without any special attention so I figure that it will be very happy in your green house!

eastwood2007 · Post by **eastwood2007** » Jul 11, 2007 11:51 pm

Oh, that's good news, Nathalie. I always have to take Piggy in anyway so he doesn't freeze and break.

eastwood2007 · Post by **eastwood2007** » Aug 02, 2007 3:04 pm

Here's an updated pic of piggy and bacopa. It is just holding so well. I am thrilled with this. I have so many things I try that don't perform well, but I think this is a keeper.

charlesclemens · Post by **charlesclemens** » Jun 12, 2008 8:29 am

I think its a great plant. Now Studies have shown that Bacopa is also useful to supports learning and memory in humans.

LucyGoose · Post by **LucyGoose** » Jun 12, 2008 9:06 am

Charla, soory I didn't come here sooner!! That is the cutest piggy!!! Your plant is perfect for it!!

JaneG · Post by **JaneG** » Jun 12, 2008 4:12 pm

Hey, that's my Piggy! No, mine is in the back yard with some hostas around it, but I haven't planted anything in it yet this year. Hasn't he got the cutest little face!!! Your's looks great with the bacopia. What's in it this year?

newtohosta-no more · Post by **newtohosta-no more** » Jun 12, 2008 5:43 pm

That is just the cutest thing, Charla! I especially loved the "south " end pic.