Pilea nummulariifolia
Creeping Charlie
Often grown indoors as a house plant. When outside it is considered weedy. Each oval leaf is bright to glossy medium green with small scalloped edges. Flowers are white greenish but are ingisnificant. Sprawling fleshy stems can root at the nodes where stems contact soil so it can be quite weedy. If planting outdoors do so in protected frost-free areas or use as a bedding or container annual.
Contributed by @drumadixit
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Partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Light and free draining
Common name
Creeping Charlie
Latin name
Pilea nummulariifolia
type
Perennial
family
Urticaceae
ph
6.0 - 7.5 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Partial shade
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Light and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
full grown dimensions
0.25 M
0.25 M
Pilea nummulariifolia
Often grown indoors as a house plant. When outside it is considered weedy. Each oval leaf is bright to glossy medium green with small scalloped edges. Flowers are white greenish but are ingisnificant. Sprawling fleshy stems can root at the nodes where stems contact soil so it can be quite weedy. If planting outdoors do so in protected frost-free areas or use as a bedding or container annual.
Planting
From Early Spring TO Early Spring
If grown as houseplants, Pilea plants grow best in warm daytime temperatures of 75°-80° with 10 degrees cooler at night. Pileas need about 50% humidity in order to thrive, so they should be kept on a tray filled with moistened pebbles or misted regularly, or they can be grown in a terrarium. Pileas grow best in smaller, 4" pots or planters where their roots will be somewhat restricted.They should be planted in a peat moss based commercial potting mix with leaf mold and perlite added, or a mix specifically for African Violets.
Propagation by cuttings
From Early Spring TO Late Summer
Pileas are very easy to propagate with stem tip cuttings. Take tip cuttings in the spring. Strike 2 or 3 cuttings in a 3" pot filled with moistened potting mix. Place the pot in a propagating case or in a sealed plastic bag to hold in humidity. If kept at 75° your new plants will be rooted and growing in 3-5 weeks.
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