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Plectranthus Glabratus
Plectranthus Glabratus
A white-edged trailing plant for hanging baskets, pot edges and groundcover.
- Easy care
- Indirect light to sun
- Weekly, top 3cm dry
- 12cm grow pot
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Plectranthus Glabratus
R 95.00
About this plant
About this plant
Plectranthus Glabratus
Also known as Plectranthus Coleoides, White edged Swedish Ivy
Likes medium to bright indirect sunlight indoors or shade to semi shade outdoors.
Works well in indirect or full sun.
Makes a nice ground cover or hanging plant.
Water once a week or when top 3cm of oil has dried out.
Note: Each individual plant is unique. This image is an example only, however the plant you receive will be as close as possible to this image description.
Note: Stem length indicated above is a guide to the estimated length rather than an exact length that you will receive.
Delivery and packaging
Delivery and packaging
We deliver nationwide with The Courier Guy: Pudo locker R89 or to your door R145. Gauteng customers can also collect in Boksburg (R25).
Orders ship from our depot within 7 working days, and most are on their way sooner. A few rarer plants are ordered in specially for you, which is why we allow 7 days. Couriers don't deliver on weekends.
Every order is packed by hand to survive the courier.
Healthy arrival guarantee
Healthy arrival guarantee
If your plant arrives dead or damaged, we replace it. Just let us know within 24 hours of receiving it and send us a few photos.
For everything else, see our refund policy.
Meet the plant
White-edged trailer for baskets and beds
Plectranthus glabratus (as listed; also sold as Plectranthus coleoides) · also known as White-edged Swedish ivy, plectranthus
Native to Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean region (genus)
A trailing Plectranthus with small, scalloped leaves edged in creamy white. It spills over pot edges and makes a neat groundcover.
- Trailing stems of small leaves edged in creamy white, in a 12cm grow pot.
- Works as a groundcover or hanging plant, indoors or out.
- Easy watering: about once a week, when the top 3cm is dry.
Where it thrives
The best spot in your home
Outdoors in shade to semi-shade, or full sun in moist soil; indoors in medium to bright, indirect light. Frost tender, so protect it on Highveld winter nights.
Care card
- Light
- Shade to sun
- Water
- When top 3cm is dry
- Humidity
- Average
- Temperature
- 2 to 30°C, no frost
- Soil
- Free-draining
- Feeding
- Monthly in summer
- Growth
- Fast, trailing
- Outdoors
- Yes, frost-free
Care made simple
Your first weeks together
- Hang it or plant it where stems can trail.
- Water about once a week when the top 3cm of soil is dry.
- Pinch out the tips to keep it full.
Plant doctor
If you see this, do this
- Leaves losing their white edgeToo little light. Move it to a brighter spot.
- Limp, yellowing stemsOverwatering. Let the top 3cm dry first.
- Frost-damaged growthTrim back in spring; it regrows quickly.
Questions
Good to know
What size will I receive?
What size will I receive?
A plant in a 12cm grow pot. Every plant is unique; the photo shows the size to expect.
Is it the same as Swedish ivy?
Is it the same as Swedish ivy?
It is sold as white-edged Swedish ivy, a common name used for several trailing Plectranthus.
Can I grow more from cuttings?
Can I grow more from cuttings?
Yes. Tip cuttings root easily in water or moist soil.
Packed to arrive alive
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