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Jesse Saylor
(Spurflower)
This is an exceptional foliage plant for pots and hanging baskets and a relative of the popular creeping Charlie houseplant. Though it is called Swedish ivy, the many parent species are tender perennials of tropical regions around the world. Contemporary breeders have developed many cultivars with superior foliage to be used outdoors as an annual in containers. This one, ‘Nico,’ features dark, olive-green leaves with deeply impressed veins for interesting texture. The plants are vigorous and semi-prostrate,...
James H. Schutte
(Spurflower)
This is an exceptional silvery foliage plant for pots and hanging baskets. Though commonly called Swedish ivy, the many parent species are tender perennials of tropical regions around the world. From them, contemporary breeders have developed superior cultivars to be used outdoors as an annual for containers.This one,‘Nicolleta,’ features mint-green leaves bearing a distinctive silvery fuzz or pubescence. The plant is vigorous and semi-prostrate, with spreading and dangling stems. As a tender plant...
Gerald L. Klingaman
(Country Borage, Succulent Spurflower)
The lovely succulent tender perennial mint, Plectranthus amboinicus, is native to southeastern Africa where it withstands high heat and considerable drought. A member of the mint family (Lamiaceae), it is favored as both a culinary herb and an attractive ornamental. The leaves have a strong, oregano-like flavor and are commonly added fresh or dried to flavor stews, poultry or red meat. The soft, gray-green plants have a spreading habit and are excellent for container culture and rock gardens.
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(Country Borage, Succulent Spurflower)
The irregular, bright creamy white edges of this succulent tender perennial mint really stand out in hot, summer gardens and containers. Plectranthus amboinicus, is native to southeastern Africa where it withstands high heat and considerable drought. A member of the mint family (Lamiaceae), it is favored as both a culinary herb and an attractive ornamental. The leaves have a strong, oregano-like flavor and are commonly added fresh or dried to flavor stews, poultry or red meat. The soft,...
Felder Rushing
(Silver Spurflower)
The beautifully fuzzy, silvery, gray-green foliage of silver spurflower is accented in summer by spikes of white flowers. A spreading, tender evergreen shrub from Australia, its scallop-edged leaves are oval and densely haired, giving them a felt-like texture and light-reflecting cast of silvery white to gray-green. Crushing the leaves release a pungent fragrance. In mid- to late summer the stem tips develop a long, upright spike that is lined with small white flowers that may have a pink or light...
Gerald L. Klingaman
(Swedish Ivy)
Sprawling and trailing across the ground, Swedish ivy's stems and green, glossy, oval leaves are intermittently accompanied by small flowerspikes lined with pale, five-lobed, tubular blossoms. Native to Australia, this tender herbaceous perennial has leaves that are fleshy and scalloped on their edges. The stems are green to dull maroon in color and will quickly root into soil as they grow along the ground. They stems are often upright at first and flop over as they extend, beginning their prostrate...
Jesse Saylor
(Spurflower, Variegated Swedish Ivy)
This brightly variegate foliage plant for pots and hanging baskets is closely related to the popular creeping Charlie houseplant. The parent species is a tender perennial of tropical Australia and Fiji where it is rarely touched by frost. Its spreading habit and beautiful variegated leaves recommend this selection, ‘Marginatus,’ for planting in the ground in frost-free climates or as an annual in containers. This beauty bears bright-green, heart-shaped leaves with serrated, cream-colored margins....
