- Common name:
- Hemigraphis, Purple Waffle Plant
- Regional name:
- Marathi - Hemigraphis
Category: Groundcovers, Indoor Plants
Family: Acanthaceae or Crossandra or Thunbergia family
- Light:
- Sun growing, Semi shade, Shade growing
- Water:
- Normal, Can tolerate more
- Primarily grown for:
- Foliage
- Flowering season:
- Flowers are inconspicuous
- Foliage color:
- Variegated, Purple, Green
- Plant Height or length:
- Less than 50 cms
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 50 cms to 100 cms
- Plant Form:
- Low spreading
- Special Character:
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- Good for Edges ie very small hedge or border
- Suitable for road median planting
- Hanging or weeping growth habit
- Generally available in India in quantities of:
- Over hundreds
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Plant Description:
- - A beautifully colored ground cover that grows to around 30 cms tall.
- Leaves 8 cms long.
- Does well in full sunlight in high humidity coastal areas.
- In other areas it should be planted in semi shade.
- Grows well in mixed plantings, in hanging baskets and as a stand alone ground cover.
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Growing tips:
- - Very hardy ground cover.
- Can be trimmed and kept low.
- Plants require good drainage and good air circulation.
- Grown in sun as well as shade. In low light however its colors fade.
