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Plectranthus Mona Lavender
Plectranthus Mona Lavender
A free-flowering purple spur flower for shady beds and pots.
- Easy care
- Shade to semi-shade
- Weekly, top 3cm dry
- 15cm grow pot
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Plectranthus Mona Lavender
R 90.00
About this plant
About this plant
Plectranthus Mona Lavender
Also known as Spur flower
Likes medium to bright indirect sunlight indoors or shade to semi shade outdoors.
No direct sunlight.
Water once a week or when top 3cm of soil 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
Purple autumn spires for shady gardens
Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender' · also known as Mona Lavender, spur flower
Native to Hybrid bred at Kirstenbosch, South Africa
A compact spur flower with glossy dark green leaves, purple underneath, and long spikes of lavender flowers mainly in autumn. A South African hybrid of two indigenous Plectranthus.
- Glossy dark leaves with purple undersides and spikes of lavender flowers, in a 15cm grow pot.
- A Kirstenbosch-bred spur flower that brings colour to shade.
- Easy watering: about once a week, when the top 3cm is dry.
Where it thrives
The best spot in your home
Shade to semi-shade outdoors, with no direct sun; indoors in medium to bright, indirect light. Frost tender, so plant it under trees or cover it on frost nights.
Care card
- Light
- Shade to semi-shade
- Water
- When top 3cm is dry
- Humidity
- Average
- Temperature
- 2 to 30°C, no frost
- Soil
- Rich, free-draining
- Feeding
- Monthly in summer
- Growth
- Fast, compact
- Outdoors
- Yes, shade
Care made simple
Your first weeks together
- Plant it in shade or semi-shade, out of direct sun.
- Water about once a week when the top 3cm of soil is dry.
- Cut back by a third after flowering to keep it compact.
Plant doctor
If you see this, do this
- Scorched leavesToo much sun. Move it into shade.
- Few flowersToo dark. Give it bright shade or morning sun only.
- Frost-blackened stemsCut back damaged growth in spring; it regrows quickly.
Questions
Good to know
What size will I receive?
What size will I receive?
A plant in a 15cm grow pot. It may or may not be in flower. Every plant is unique; the photo shows the size to expect.
When does it flower?
When does it flower?
Mainly in autumn, with smaller flushes at other times.
Is it lavender?
Is it lavender?
No. It is a Plectranthus named for its lavender-coloured flowers.
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