Buy Pilea Muscosa Microphylla - The Miniature and Low Maintenance Houseplant
- Common name:
- Pilea Muscosa Small Leaves
- Regional name:
- Marathi - Chota Pilea
Category :Groundcovers
Family: Urticaceae or Pilea family
- Light:
- Semi shade, Shade growing
- Water:
- Normal
- Primarily grown for:
- Foliage
- Flowering season:
- Flowers are inconspicuous
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- Less than 50 cms
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 50 cms to 100 cms
- Plant Form:
- Low spreading
- Special Character:
-
- Hanging or weeping growth habit
- Generally available in India in quantities of:
- Less than a hundred
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Plant Description:
- - Native America.
- Plants have small 1.5 to 2 cms round leaves.
- Leaves have depressed veins.
- Grow just 5-10 cms tall.
- Ground hugging groundcover.
- Ideal for hanging baskets. -
Growing tips:
- - Bright light suits them best.
- A compost mixture of loam, leafmould and coarse sand in equal parts.
- Grow in small pots, raised bed beds or hanging baskets.
- Plants should not get water logged or caught in continous or very heavy rainfall. They can easily rot.