Bacopa Plants for Sale — Cascading Colour All Season Long

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Bacopa — botanically Chaenostoma cordatum, previously known as Sutera cordata — is one of the hardest-working flowering plants you can add to an Australian garden. Originally from the wetter regions of South Africa, it produces an almost continuous cascade of delicate five-petalled flowers in white, pink, blue, and lavender from spring through autumn, with minimal effort and zero deadheading required. At Online Plants , our Bacopa range is hand-picked for Australian performance — including the heat-tolerant MegaCopa series, which outperforms standard varieties in Melbourne summers and remains in flower for months on end. Whether filling hanging baskets on a Melbourne balcony, creating cascading pot displays in Sydney, or planting low-maintenance groundcover along a Brisbane garden path, Bacopa delivers season-long colour with exceptional ease. Every plant leaves our nursery fresh, packed with care, and covered by our exclusive 30-day grow guarantee. What Is Bacopa? Understanding the Name Confusion The plant sold in Australian nurseries as 'Bacopa' is botanically Chaenostoma cordatum — previously Sutera cordata. The nursery trade name 'Bacopa' has stuck despite reclassifications. Importantly, there is a completely separate genus also called Bacopa — Bacopa monnieri (Water Hyssop or Brahmi) — used in Ayurvedic medicine as an aquatic herb. These are entirely different plants. When buying trailing flowering annuals for baskets and pots, look for Sutera, Chaenostoma, or MegaCopa Bacopa — not Bacopa monnieri. Australian Climate Performance Bacopa is broadly well-suited to most Australian climates but is not frost-hardy. In frost-free zones (coastal Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth), it may persist as a perennial through mild winters. In frost-prone areas (inland Melbourne, Canberra, highlands), treat it as an annual — replant fresh each spring from September. • Melbourne: Plant after last frost (September–October). MegaCopa varieties outperform standard Sutera in hot no