Don’t have a sunny part in your home or garden, but still crave for those lively blossoms? Don’t worry! We have some beautiful flowers that will be more than happy to bloom in no sunlight!
03.05.2024 - 14:22 / balconygardenweb.com / Editorial Team
These purple houseplants are easy to grow from cuttings, you can either grow them in soil or just water.
Botanical Name: Tradescantia pallida
Purple heart is one of the easiest plants to grow either indoors or outdoors. This trailing plant can re-grow by snipping off a healthy stem and placing it in water or soil. After a few weeks roots will start to develop.
Botanical Name: Saintpaulia
African violet is one of the best flowering plants for indoor settings. To grow, you just need a healthy leaf with a petiole as growing this plant from leaves is also possible.
Botanical Name: Plectranthus scutellarioides
When it comes to colorful foliage, coleus is best, and you can plant it indoors as well. To grow them from stems, place a cutting in water or propagate it in seed starting mix, which makes them easy to propagate.
Botanical Name: Tradescantia zebrina
If you are looking for ways to propagate this fast-growing indoor vine, then stem cutting is the best method. Simply take a stem cutting with a few leaf nodes and place it in moist soil or water to encourage rooting.
Botanical Name: Begonia rex-cultorum
Another purple houseplant that you can easily regrow by stem cutting is rex begonia. Take a healthy leaf or stem cutting and plant it in soil with a high humidity level. Discover how to grow it from just a leaf in this post.
Botanical Name: Gynura aurantiaca
For a successful propagation, look for a stem that has at least two nodes. Now, take a 4-6 inches section and cut it right below the node, and plant it in a well-draining growing medium. It is as simple as a child’s play!
Botanical Name: Strobilanthes dyerianus
This shining purple beauty deserves a collection of its own, and growing it from cuttings is the best way to multiply it in
Don’t have a sunny part in your home or garden, but still crave for those lively blossoms? Don’t worry! We have some beautiful flowers that will be more than happy to bloom in no sunlight!
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