Full Shade
Easy care
Moderate watering
Tender
8a-11b
USDA zone
-12°C
Minimum temperature
Expected size
Height | Spread | |
|---|---|---|
2m | Max | 2m |
1m | Min | 1m |
Flowering
spring
summer
autumn
winter
This plant has a mild fragrance
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Pink Spur Flower Overview
A shade-loving shrub that grows up to 2m and has a mass of pink tubular-shaped flowers in Autumn. It is a shade plant that can tolerate some full sun too. It tolerates some drought conditions compared to other Plectranthus varieties. Plants are easy to grow, however are frost tender. Responds well to pruning after flowering into in winter, together with composting to improve flowering. ZA Distribution: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Western Cape.
Common problems with Pink Spur Flower
Problem free
How to harvest Pink Spur Flower
Flower do not last long after cut from the mother plant. Cuttings can be taken in spring and summer time.
How to propagate Pink Spur Flower
Cuttings
Take 15-20cm long cuttings and root in moist soil or cuttings can be taken in spring and summer time and can easily be rooted in a glass of water on windowsill!
Seed
Not usually propagated from seed, but gather after it has flower and keeps it moist while germinating.
Special features of Pink Spur Flower
Drought resistant
Pot plant
Attractive flowers
Attractive leaves
Other uses of Pink Spur Flower
Ornamental
Lovely shrub for shade areas.