A groundcover with purple foliage the spreading habit cascades over pots and walls. ‘Purple Heart’ is a tender perennial with purple stems and violet-purple leaves that produces pink flowers in summer. This plant is mainly grown for its foliage, best color is achieved in bright sunlight and a dry, cramped root zone. It is excellent as a groundcover or in containers or hanging baskets.
- Type
- Exotic
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Container
- Zero
- Size
- Grass and Groundcover
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Zones
- Moist tropical
- Soils
- Loam, Clay
- Tolerances
- Wind
- Regions
- Darwin Living Water Smart
- Shade levels
- Full sun, Sun/shade
- Flowering seasons
- Summer
- Colours
- Green, Pink, Purple
- Gardens
- Backyard Garden, Subtropical Garden, Central Highlands Garden
- Attribution
- Wouter Hagens
- Licence
- Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons