Plectranthus madagascariensis

Plectranthus are warm-climate plants occurring largely in the southern hemisphere. Closely related to Solenostemon, they are commonly called spurflowers. They can be grown in a cool greenhouse or conservatory or outdoors in baskets, pots or in sunny borders. The foliage is often ornamental and the flowers are small but are often borne in good-size racemes in shades of purple, pink, white, or blue. 'Variegated Mintleaf' sports mint-scented, round leaves margined with creamy-white, and pale blue tubular flowers in loose terminal spikes in summer. Its growth habit results in a neat, rambling perennial shrub of about 1 m high, rooting where the branches touch the ground.

Contributed by @tal2lifshitz

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  Partial shade

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  Occasional watering

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  Not Frost hardy

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  Free draining and fertile