Botanical Name: Plectranthus australis
Common Name: Creeping Charley
Type of Plant: dicot: houseplant
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape spreading, sprawling, trailing plant with thick glossy foliage and fleshy stems
Height to 8"
Spread to 10'
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure in and out indoors takes medium light; outdoors-shade to part sun
Soil any well-drained soil
Hardiness tender outdoors (zones 22-24) durable indoors
 
Morphology:
Leaves broadly ovate, opposite, glossy dark green to 1-1/2" wide and long margins crenate to serrate – thick and fleshy
Flowers small white flowers in terminal panicles – usually in spring – most often removed
Fruit small nutlet
 
Propagation:
stem cuttings
 
Usage:
hanging houseplant or patio plant, also effective as a shade-loving groundcover
 
Landscape Care:
Watering takes average water
Fertilizing balanced, half-strength, twice monthly
Pruning head back frequently to encourage bushiness
Pests/Diseases mealybug, scale
Special Conditions/Other purple veins indicate phosphorus deficiency
 
Origin: Australia
Family: Lamiaceae

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