Polka Dot Plant: Pink (Hypoestes phyllostachya)
SKU:
$1.00
$1.00 - $5.60
$1.00
per item
This 8-12" pink variegated beauty is one of the easiest to manage shade plants or house plants you will ever come across! It's attractive foliage is best displayed outdoors in the shade as an annual, or indoors or greenhouses as a perennial. It is also great as a border or in containers.
Award The Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit
Scientific Name: Hypoestes phyllostachya
Also Known As: Flamingo plant, Freckle face, Freckle plant, and Measlesplant.
Grown as: 3-8 (Annual: Outside Shade Plant) or (Perennial: Indoors Houseplant or Greenhouse)
9-11 (Perennial Outside Shade Plant)
Maturity (Blooms): Mid Summer
Light: Part Shade
Water: Medium
Soil Moisture: Water regularly
Maintenance: Medium
Attracts Beneficial Insects: No.
Containers?: Yes.
Height: 8-12”
Spacing: 12-16”
Sow Depth: 1/8"
USDA Zone: 3-11
Produces: Foliage that is dark green and very heavily splattered with light pink.
Garden Uses: Annual bedding plant. Containers. Houseplant.
Also Known As: Flamingo plant, Freckle face, Freckle plant, and Measlesplant.
Grown as: 3-8 (Annual: Outside Shade Plant) or (Perennial: Indoors Houseplant or Greenhouse)
9-11 (Perennial Outside Shade Plant)
Maturity (Blooms): Mid Summer
Light: Part Shade
Water: Medium
Soil Moisture: Water regularly
Maintenance: Medium
Attracts Beneficial Insects: No.
Containers?: Yes.
Height: 8-12”
Spacing: 12-16”
Sow Depth: 1/8"
USDA Zone: 3-11
Produces: Foliage that is dark green and very heavily splattered with light pink.
Garden Uses: Annual bedding plant. Containers. Houseplant.
Sow Polka Dot plant seeds indoors 4 - 6 weeks before frost season has passed. Use well-draining potting soil and gently press Hypoestes seeds into soil. Covering with plastic wrap to hold in heat and moisture is helpful. Pink Polka Dot plants tend to get leggy, so do not hesitate to pinch them back to encourage a more compact plant.
Plants are grown as bedding annuals or in containers. Bedding plants are best grown in organically rich, medium moisture, well-drained soils in part shade 12-16" apart. Pinch tips to promote bushiness. Some gardeners remove flower spikes because they are somewhat inconspicuous and tend to detract from the attractive foliage. Overwinter containers and grow houseplants in bright indoor light, but not direct sun. Bedding plants can be dug and potted up in fall.
The plant will give you the best color when it is in a low light situation, but this causes the canes to lengthen and get leggy while searching for light. Indirect bright sunlight is the ideal location for this plant indoors.
Outdoor plants need little supplemental feeding but indoor plants should be fed once per month.
Older plants tend to get leggy, but you can control legginess by cutting the canes back to lower growth and letting the plant fill in.
Outdoor plants need little supplemental feeding but indoor plants should be fed once per month.
Older plants tend to get leggy, but you can control legginess by cutting the canes back to lower growth and letting the plant fill in.
Impatiens (Impatiens walleriana Xtreme 'Mix'), Sweet Potato VineSweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas 'Margarita'), and Lobelia (Lobelia erinus Riviera 'Mix').