This semi-succulent upright perennial has soft dark stems and becomes sprawling with age. It has mid green oval leaves and the white to mauve tube-shaped flowers appear in a raceme during summer then intermittently throughout the year.

Hardiness zones 10 to 11

Plectranthus forsteriis naturally found on the east coast of Australia and in the Pacific Islands growing in moist shady protected positions and is frost and drought tender. It prefers a well drained moist fertile sandy to light clay loam that is rich and organic.

Plectranthus is grown as an understorey plant in a tropical garden or used as a spill-over in rockeries. It is also grown in hanging baskets or as a conservatory specimen in cold climates. It establishes from cuttings in 1 to 2 years and has a long flowering period but tends to become leggy.ID 1244

Plectranthus(plek-TRĂNTH-us) forsteri(for-STE-ree)

Lamiaceae(lay-mee-AY-see-ee)
(Labiatae)
Mint Family