How to Grow and Care for Purple Passion Plants Gynura aurantiaca
02.10.2023 - 16:28 / balconygardenweb.com / Sheri Dorn
If you want to bring home a unique variegated foliar specimen, you must learn everything about How to Grow Wax Ivy Indoors discussed below. It looks spectacular with its waxy and shiny foliage!
Native to South Africa, Wax Ivy is a flowering species of the Asteraceae family, featuring waxy foliage variegated in green and pale yellow. The sharp triangular leaves on the succulent stems look beautiful, cascading down a hanging basket or sprawling a trellis upward.
The plant blooms yellow daisy-like flowers in summer and thrives in warm climates. It is a low-maintenance variety and a pretty common choice among succulent lovers.
Botanical Name: Senecio macroglossus
Propagating Wax Ivy through cuttings is straightforward and requires no special gardening skills!
Wax Ivy needs a well-draining medium to thrive well. Garden soil amended with a handful of perlite, vermiculite, birch bark, and compost will make the perfect blend for it.
You may also go for a well-aerated succulent or cactus mix from the market to make your work easier.
Native to the warm African climate, the plant loves the bright sun. Ensure it receives 3-4 hours of bright sunlight. While growing indoors, hang it on the porch or balcony that soaks in the morning sun to give the trailing beauty an ideal growing condition.
However, the scorching afternoon sun might burn the foliage.
Wax Ivy hates to stand in water. So let the medium dry out between watering sessions. Follow a deep watering session once or twice a week, depending on the weather, until the water seeps through the drainage holes. Keep an eye on the top soil layer to meet the plant’s watering needs.
Water sparingly in winter when the plant is dormant or shows minimal growth.
The plant loves high temperatures
How to Grow and Care for Purple Passion Plants Gynura aurantiaca
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Project Giving Back has announced that it will be continuing its support of gardens for good causes at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2025 and 2026. Speaking at the opening of the 2023 Gardens For Good Causes Exhibition at the Garden Museum in London, Project Giving Back’s CEO, Hattie Ghaui, said: “I am thrilled to confirm we will be supporting even more gardens for good causes at RHS Chelsea Flower Show until 2026. As we move into our third year of funding, it feels like PGB is still in its adolescent years and we wanted to give it time to mature into adulthood. We know from having to turn down some incredibly strong funding applications over the past couple of years that there are so many wonderful stories waiting to be told. We’re all excited to see how the creativity of charities, designers and wider garden teams continues to unfold and look forward to welcoming more partnerships into the PGB family.”
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Have you always longed to make wine from tasty sun-warmed grapes gathered from your own backyard? While I live in the ideal wine-growing region (USDA Zone 9b) near the well-known Napa Valley, you’ll be amazed to learn that backyard viticulture is entirely possible anywhere within USDA Zones 4 through 10. Growing wine grapes isn’t hard, but there are a number of key requirements that guarantee success, beginning with growing the wine you love! If you adore a glass of Cabernet Sauvignon at the end of the day, plant Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. When Chardonnay is your preference, you’ll need to grow grapes that produce a full-bodied Chardonnay. The following are some viticulture tips for planning and planting your own personal vineyard.
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