| Description | Mona Lavender Swedish Ivy (Plectranthus) A phenomenal plant with lavender flowers and dark green leaves with purple undersides. Grown outdoors or indoors as a house plant. |
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| Pronunciation | (plec-TRAN-thus) |
| Plant Type | Indoor Foliage, Perennial Tender, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 10 |
| Sunlight | full to part sun, the more sun the darker the foliage |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Temperature | frost tender |
| Flowers | lavender flowers borne on spikes dashed with purple markings, seems to be a heavy bloomer during a period of time than few flowers |
| Leaves | dark green, glossy leaves with intensely purple undersides |
| Dimensions | a herbaceous perennial in warm frost free climates |
| Maintenance | dead heading |
| Propagation | easy from cuttings |
| Native Site | Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender' was bred by Roger Jacques, in the late 1990s at Kirstenbosch, South Africa. |
| Author's Notes | I have grown this plant a few years and sometimes it produces a plethora of blooms other years much less. One year my plants had few if any.?????? |
| Notes & Reference | #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens web site (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org), #156-San Marcos Growers web site (www.smgrowers.com) |
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