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Oct 23, 2013 7:53 AM CST
Name: Michele Roth
N.E. Indiana - Zone 5b, and F (Zone 9b)
I'm always on my way out the door..
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The dark-leaved plectranthus, at least, can get by with very little light. I bring some in before frost and set the container on a shelf in a low-light window on a humidity tray. I forget about it until it looks half-dead *Blush* and then water it well. So far, I haven't lost one yet, even though I'm a terrible houseplant gardener. These plants like indirect but bright light and a high nitrogen fertilizer while blooming, but don't need any extra fertilizer when they aren't. They'll even bloom a bit in low-light conditions, but the flowers will be very pale.
These plants root very easily, so if indoor space is limited, just pull a piece of stem from the root ball and tuck it into a small pot of moistened mix.

This picture isn't of the exact same cultivar, but this is what the bloom looks like indoors at the tail-end of our long, dark and gloomy winter.

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Outdoors in bright, indirect light the bloom color is much darker.


Leaf tips and edges tend to burn in too much direct sun.
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