This perennial plant grows in many tropical and subtropical regions and is very easy to grow. It likes sun to half shade. It flowers all ...Read Moreyear long in the tropics and attracts many butterflies. The flowers fade in the morning and new ones open up in the afternoon. In dry regions the branches and leaves might die off during a long dry period, but will return from the tuberous roots when the rains start.
The variety I grow in my garden here in Sri Lanka has double the size flowers as the common variety growing here. The plant is also larger and has attractive, curly, dark green leaves instead of the flat, grey-green leaves of the normal variety. This variety is not as weedy as the common one. I found it growing wild in a remote mountain valley and have not seen it elsewhere.
Left to go wild, it can become invasive as it seeds profusely and germinates easily. Pulling out older plants that have grown that way w...Read Moreill require some effort - esp. in unwanted places. So, pulling them out when they are small will be easier. Its lovely white flowers are a beauty though. Walking close to the old plants with seeds will see them sticking to clothes and hairs. Perhaps this is another way of seed propagation.
This perennial plant grows in many tropical and subtropical regions and is very easy to grow. It likes sun to half shade. It flowers all ...Read More
Left to go wild, it can become invasive as it seeds profusely and germinates easily. Pulling out older plants that have grown that way w...Read More