Striking Variegated Pilea Glauca | Add a Touch of Color to Your Home

Common name:

Variegated 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:

Variegated, Blue Grey or Silver, White

Plant Height or length:

Less than 50 cms

Plant Spread or Width:

1 to 2 meters

Plant Form:

Low spreading

Generally available in India in quantities of:

Less than a hundred

Plant Description:

- A low growing climbing herb with succulent leaves and branches.
- Ideally suited for growing in hanging baskets as well as as a ground cover.
- Makes a good contrast with other dark green leaved plants.

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.