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- Common name:
- Lip Stick Plant
- Category:
- Groundcovers
- Family:
- Gesneriaceae or African Violet family
- Light:
- Sun growing, Shade growing
- Water:
- Normal
- Primarily grown for:
- Flowers
- Flowering season:
- Year-around flowering, Flowers in flushes throughout the year
- Flower or Inflorescence color:
- Orange
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- Less than 50 cms
- Plant Spread or Width:
- Less than 50 cms
- Plant Form:
- Low spreading
- Special Character:
-
- Hanging or weeping growth habit
- Generally available in India in quantities of:
- Old variety plants may be difficult to get
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Plant Description:
- - A native of South America.
- A beautiful ground cover.
- Growing up to 1.2 ft tall.
- Scarlet and yellow flowers.
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Growing tips:
- - A low growing plant.
- The plants are best suited as a pot plants or in protected ground beds.
- Likes warm temperatures.
- The secret of growing this plant is excellent soil drainage.