| Description | A tender perennial used as an annual in zone #5. Grown for it'colored purple red leaves. |
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| Pronunciation | (er-ee-SEE-nay)(lin-DEN-ee-i) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennial Tender |
| Hardiness Zone | 10-11 |
| Sunlight | I have grown this in full to half day sun, reported to tolerate shaded areas. |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Growing Media | average |
| Temperature | not frost hardy |
| Flowers | insignificant |
| Leaves | simple, purple-red, pointed, and lanceolate |
| Stems | red matching the leaves |
| Dimensions | 12-24" depending on growing conditions, can reach 3-5 feet tall in its native sites |
| Maintenance | pinching to promote branching |
| Propagation | fairly easy from tip cuttings |
| Native Site | Native to Ecuador |
| Misc Facts | Named after Jean Jules Linden a 19th century Belgian horticulturalist. |
| Author's Notes | Basically a more upright plant. I have had older plants bottom leavers cascade over the side of a pot. |
| Notes & Reference | #51-Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials (Alan Arimitage), #76-Annuals for Every Purpose (Larry Hodgson) |
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