Buy the Beautiful Red Brazilian Tea Plant - Stachytarpheta Indica Red Now!
- Common name:
- Stachytarpheta Red, Brazilian Tea
- Category:
- Shrubs
- Family:
- Verbenaceae or Verbena family
- Light:
- Sun growing, Semi shade
- Water:
- Normal
- Primarily grown for:
- Flowers
- Flowering season:
- Year-around flowering
- Flower or Inflorescence color:
- Red, Orange
- Foliage color:
- Green
- Plant Height or length:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Spread or Width:
- 1 to 2 meters
- Plant Form:
- Spreading, Upright or Erect
- Special Character:
-
- Indigenous (native to India)
- Good for screening
- Good for Hedges and Borders
- Attracts birds
- Attracts butterflies
- Attracts bees
- Suitable for road median planting
- Generally available in India in quantities of:
- Less than a hundred
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Plant Description:
- - Great for attracting birds.
- Native - Africa and Asia.
- Evergreen, dwarf, bushy shrub.
- Leaves 3-7 cm long.
- Branches almost quadrangular.
- Flower small orange red and terminal slender spike 5 lobes, about 1 cm across.
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Growing tips:
- - Plants are susceptible to waterlogging and should be planted on raised beds (where water logging may occur) and porous soil, in full sun.
- In high rainfall areas cut back plants to near ground level as soon as the monsoon sets in. This will prevent the plants from rotting.
- Trim after the flower flush is over. This will initiate new grown and promote flowering.
