| Description | A plant grown for its iridescent foliage. |
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| Pronunciation | (strow-bil-LAN-thees)(die-er-ee-AA-nuss) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennial Tender |
| Hardiness Zone | 10 |
| Sunlight | The color of the foliage depends on the amount of light. I have found to much light will bleach out the color and to little the iridescence is lost. It may take some experimentation to find the proper site. I grow mine where it gets almost 1/2 day of full sunlight (east exposure) and this produces excellent foliage color. |
| Moisture | average, doesn't like to be dried out |
| Soil & Site | well drained |
| Growing Media | average patio |
| Flowers | Short spikes of pale blue funnel shaped florets. I have never had it bloom during the summer. It has bloomed when overwintered in the greenhouse. |
| Leaves | elliptic, opposite often in unequal pairs, dark green with silvery iridescent tones and dark purple below. |
| Dimensions | In the ground it can reach 2-4 feet by 2-3 feet, but much smaller in a pot. |
| Maintenance | Tends to produce an open plant with main branches. Pinching will help promote branches, more leaves resulting in more color. |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Misc Facts | Native to Burma |
| Author's Notes | Last season (2008) I grew this plant in a large pot with Rocky Mountain Orange Geraniums. This was a "knockout" combination. |
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