Justicia scheidweileri
Purple shrimp plant
Often grown in hanging baskets, Purple Shrimp Plant has attractive silver-veined leaves and chubby spikes of burgundy-bracts enclosing mauve flowers, from late summer to spring. Reaching a height of about 20cm, it is the smallest of the Justicias.
Contributed by @nej
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Partial shade to deep shade
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Rich and free draining
Common name
Purple shrimp plant
Latin name
Justicia scheidweileri
type
Tender perennial
family
Acanthaceae
ph
6.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Partial shade to deep shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Rich and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
0.40 M
0.20 M
Justicia scheidweileri
Often grown in hanging baskets, Purple Shrimp Plant has attractive silver-veined leaves and chubby spikes of burgundy-bracts enclosing mauve flowers, from late summer to spring. Reaching a height of about 20cm, it is the smallest of the Justicias.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
Justicia should be grown in rich, evenly moist but well drained garden soil and planted where they will be in partial to full shade in the heat of the day. Extremes in water – wet or dry and very cool temperatures will cause loss of leaves. Intolerant of even a light frost, where not hardy grow in containers, greenhouse or as annuals.
nej
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