Acalypha hispida
Chenille Plant
Acalypha is a tropical plant, grown as a houseplant, or as an annual outdoors in temperate zones. Some varieties are grown for their foliage, which can be multi-coloured, and some are grown for the often brightly-coloured catkin-like flowers. If grown outdoors the plants like full sun or part-shade, and fertile, moist but free-draining soil. Indoors they should be grown in a soil-less, free-draining compost in filtered light. Acalypha hispida is cultivated because of its attractiveness and brilliantly colored, furry flowers. The plant has become somewhat domesticated, due to the nature and color of its flowers. It can be grown from seeds as well as from cuttings. It can be kept either as an outdoor plant or as a indoor plant. However, care should be taken in growing it, as all parts of the plant are poisonous if ingested by animals.
Contributed by @sue1953
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Free draining and fertile
Common name
Chenille Plant
Latin name
Acalypha hispida
type
Shrub
family
Euphorbiaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Free draining and fertile
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
2.00 M
2.00 M
Acalypha hispida
Acalypha is a tropical plant, grown as a houseplant, or as an annual outdoors in temperate zones. Some varieties are grown for their foliage, which can be multi-coloured, and some are grown for the often brightly-coloured catkin-like flowers. If grown outdoors the plants like full sun or part-shade, and fertile, moist but free-draining soil. Indoors they should be grown in a soil-less, free-draining compost in filtered light. Acalypha hispida is cultivated because of its attractiveness and brilliantly colored, furry flowers. The plant has become somewhat domesticated, due to the nature and color of its flowers. It can be grown from seeds as well as from cuttings. It can be kept either as an outdoor plant or as a indoor plant. However, care should be taken in growing it, as all parts of the plant are poisonous if ingested by animals.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
If raising as an indoor plant : for best indoor success, very high humidity should be maintained. Also, spider mites, mealybugs and scale may be a problem when grown indoors. For outdoors : grow in containers or baskets on decks, patios or rooftop gardens. It is a good plant for color and should be used as an accent for both color and texture in a container. Re-pot annually in spring.
Propagation by division
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
For outdoor plants the clumps of rhizomes can be divided once the plant has become fully established.The simplest method is to carefully dig around the clump and gently pull it apart into fist sized pieces and re-plant immediately. For indoor plants, the rhizomes can be pulled apart, and re-planted, when re-potting the plant.
Flowering
From Early Summer TO Early Autumn
Acalypha flower periodically throughout the year, but mainly through the Summer to early Autumn period.
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