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Succulent Swedish Ivy in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Coleus prostratus syn. Plectranthus prostratus

 

Succulent Swedish Ivy

Plectranthus Prostratus is a small perennial creeping herb usually used in hanging baskets. It displays a profusion of tiny thick lime green leaves forming a mat of foliage. Lines of purple form on leaf edges if in bright light. Tiny white flowers with a hint of violet appear in leaf axils. The plant has a mounding cascading habit.

 
plant Features
  • Succulent Swedish Ivy likes partial shade

    Partial shade

  • Succulent Swedish Ivy likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Succulent Swedish Ivy is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Succulent Swedish Ivy likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

 
plant information

Common name

Succulent Swedish Ivy

Latin name

Coleus prostratus syn. Plectranthus prostratus

type

Herbaceous Perennials

family

Lamiaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Succulent Swedish Ivy likes partial shade

    Partial shade

  • Frost

    Succulent Swedish Ivy is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Soil

    Succulent Swedish Ivy likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

  • Water

    Succulent Swedish Ivy likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Succulent Swedish Ivy is 0.50meters x 0.25meters 0.50 M 0.25 M

Coleus prostratus syn. Plectranthus prostratus

Plectranthus Prostratus is a small perennial creeping herb usually used in hanging baskets. It displays a profusion of tiny thick lime green leaves forming a mat of foliage. Lines of purple form on leaf edges if in bright light. Tiny white flowers with a hint of violet appear in leaf axils. The plant has a mounding cascading habit.


Planting

From Early Spring TO Early Spring

Plectranthus needs well-drained soil of moderate fertility in dappled shade. Most species are not hardy and will not survive outdoors in temporate regions. If grown indoors, provide full light but with protection from hot sun. Water freely and fertilise monthly during active growth, but keep just moist in winter.

 

Propagation

From Early Spring TO Late Winter

Divide in spring, or take stem-tip cuttings any time. Rooted branches of trailing species can be removed. To grow from seed, sow ripe seed at 66° to 75°F.

 
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