Purple Hearts Growing In My Garden

I was with a friend in Batu Gajah and we went to visit another friend at her house. This friend has many different types of plants growing in her garden. We got attracted by a purple plant and the owner blessed us with some stem cuttings to take home.

The name of this plant is Purple Hearts or Purple Queen.

It is commonly grown for its deep purple leaves.

Her plant was placed in a shady place and as you can see from the first photo, there is some slight green onn the purple leaves.

I planted the cuttings in a hanging pot with good drainage soil. It can tolerate drought.

My plant is exposed to the morning sun and the leaves have grown deeper in colour. The leaves are thick and can grow to about 6 inches long.

For best colour, the plant needs partial to full sunlight.

 As you can see from the above photo, there are very fine hairs on the leaves. These hair may cause slight irritation to sensitive skin.

My purple heart plant has started to bloom small pink flowers at its tips.

A closer look on the pink flower with 3 petals.

The pink flower is very attractive against the deep purple leaves.

The whole plant is purple. Cutting off the long stems increases more growth. The cut off stems will propagate easily.

Linking to Floral Bliss.

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