Huernia Zebrina

Planting and Growing Tips: Perfect for adding vertical interest to gardens, this easy to grow heirloom thrives in full sun to partial shade and rich, moist soil. Thin seedlings 18- to 24-inches apart and water as needed.

Each one will easily re-root if given the opportunity. The smooth, raised burgundy eye of this 1 to 1-1/2" wide flower is surrounded by five, pointed beige petals that are speckled with burgundy dots are produced singly and in small clusters near the...

One tough perennial! 'Zebrina' sports soft pink flowers with striking, raspberry-purple veins, achieving a pinwheel effect. Though it is sometimes short-lived, Malva will self-seed readily assuring years of blooms.

Beautiful pinwheel blooms in two shades of purple are breathtaking, and butterflies visit them regularly. Zebrina is a good choice for the middle or back of the sunny border, where its dark green foliage serves as background for shorter plants, and its...

Starting Outdoors: Direct sow in early spring when there is still a chance for a light frost. Diseases & Pests: Prevent insect troubles by hosing down the plant upon watering. Fun Fact The flowers are perfect, meaning they have both carpels and stamens,...

Pointed Star Lifesaver Plant (Huernia procumbens) Here's another easy-to-grow Lifesaver Plant that has ridged, pale greenish-purple stems that grow low to the ground. Flowers appear from the base and have pronounced star-shaped, cream-colored petals and...

This plant works well inside in bright, indirect light or outside in anywhere from shade to part sun. Tradescantia zebrina is the Latin name for Wandering Jew. Undersides of the foliage and the stems are both a reddish purple.

Musa zebrina, a banana with ornamental red-and-green variegated leaves, can grow in zone 8 with some protection during the winter.Other tropical plants that are good selections for zone 8 include:Of course, other options for creating a tropical garden...

Each plant flowers only once, at full maturity, and then dies.Red banana plant care involves proper site selection, watering, and fertilization. Its trunk is a non-woody “pseudostem” made of leaf stalks (petioles) that grow tightly bundled together.

Aphids alone cause virtually no damage, but they can transmit potentially damaging viruses, so it's important to get rid of them as soon as you discover them. Also called inch plant, wandering Jew (Tradescantia zebrina) is a creeping evergreen plant grown...

The rex begonia (Begonia rex-cultorum), for example, has sprays of small, white or pink flowers and large, boldly colored leaves that can be red or burgundy. Some houseplants are bushy and compact with a number of upright stems while others grow as vines.

While the early-blooming creeping phlox is perfect at the base of the tree, the yarrow's bloom comes too late to enjoy full sun.This concern keeps me busy with my perennial gardening, and I really do not mind the work of transplanting; in fact, I enjoy...