Persian Carpet Plant

قالی ايرانى romanized.
Persian carpet plant. Join our friendly community that shares tips and ideas for gardens along with seeds and plants. The glabrous stems are 4 or 5 angled and armed with regularly placed hard and acute spine like. The base color of the plant varies from green to red with brownish spots. The beautiful leaves of the persian shield plant botanical name strobilanthes dyerianus offers vibrant color far longer than a flowering plant.
It will bud light blue flowers for a short time throughout the year. They are known for their long 4 7 inch leaves that range in color from purple to silver combined with green veins. Click add to wishlist to receive an email if this plant is back in stock. It is a sub shrub that is evergreen in hot climates.
فرش ايرانى romanized. Prefers a sandy or gritty soil. Once classified in the family asclepiadaceae it is now in the subfamily asclepiadoideae of the dogbane family apocynaceae. The genus is named after edith cole 1859 1940.
Edithcolea is a monotypic genus with a single species edithcolea grandis persian carpet flower. This dazzling heims coral bell has leaves that are a blend of persian carpet colors including red purple silver and a number of other metallic shades. Edithcolea grandis is a succulent plant with leafless richly branched perennial and decumbent stems with a diameter of 2 to 4 cm and up to 30 cm in length. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about ceropegia species persian carpet flower ceropegia sordida supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at dave s garden.
It has gained a reputation as a particularly difficult plant to keep alive because of its very specific growing needs with much light and relatively high above 60 f 15 c winter temperatures. The shiny leaves have dark purple veins and a dark purple edge. It is native to africa and to the arabian peninsula. Edithcolea grandis is a succulent plant with leafless richly branched perennial and decumbent stems with a diameter of 3 4 2cm up to 1 1 2 4cm at a multi branched stem and up to 12 30cm in length.
It can grow well in containers or outdoor flowerbeds. A persian carpet persian. 1 492 110 also known as autumn campion this is a useful rock garden plant for late season colour flowering at a time when most other alpines are long finished. Farš e irâni ˈfærʃe ʔiːɾɒːˈniː or persian rug persian.
The glabrousstems are 4 or 5 angled and armed with regularly placed hard and acute spinelike teeth ortubercules. Sure to attract lots of oohs and aahs. Persian carpet flower is occasionally cultivated as an ornamental in desert gardens worldwide. Although this plant s name is persian it is native to myanmar formerly burma not persia.