How do you plant Barleria?
How do you plant Barleria?
Place Barleria cristata in an area of the landscape that receives full sun or partial shade. This plant prefers well- drained soils and is drought tolerant. Prune the Philippine Violet to the ground each spring to maintain a bushy plant.
What is Spatika flower called in English?
Barleria is known as Kurantaka in Sanskrit, Spatika in Kannada, Vajradanti in Marathi, Philippine violet, Bluebell barleria, Crested Philippine violet, and Porcupine flower. Belongs to Acanthaceae family and native to India and Sri Lanka. The plant is a prickly shrub and grows to a height of 1.5 meters.
How to propagate Barleria repens?
This plant is easily propagated from cuttings – pinch out young shoots to encourage bushiness. An even easier method is to lift rooted runners – plant into individual containers (size depends on size of roots attached) and water carefully until properly established.
What is December poo?
December Poo is an evergreen shrub native to India. In Tamil Nadu, it is known as December Poo or December Flower as it blooms in December. It has ornamental and medicinal values. Name: December Poo is also known as the Philippine violet, Bluebell Barleria, or December Flower.
How do you care for a Barleria cristata plant?
What flower is December?
narcissus
The December birth flowers are the narcissus (paperwhite) and the holly. Learn more on our December birth flower page!
What flower seeds can I plant in December?
Flower seeds to sow in December
- Sweet peas.
- Laurentia.
- Geraniums (pelargoniums)
- Hardy cyclamens.
- Snapdragons.
How do you propagate Bush violets?
How to propagate Bush Violet
- Seed. Sow seeds in well-drained seed trays. Cover with coarse river sand and keep in a shaded area.
- Cuttings. Take semi-soft wood cuttings during summer. Dip the base in hormone powder to stimulate root development.
- Layering. Use long branch that hasn’t flowered.
Is Philippine violet invasive?
Currently, it is listed as an invasive plant species in Australia, Fiji, Hawaii, French Polynesia, Mauritius, Réunion, and Puerto Rico (Smith, 1991; Meyer and Lavergne, 2004; PIER, 2015; Rojas-Sandoval and Acevedo-Rodriquez, 2015).
What plants can be planted indoors in December?
Herbs such as basil, dill, chives and mint can be sown indoors on your windowsill for winter use. Sow winter hardy salad leaves under cover, such as lettuce ‘Winter Gem’ and ‘Arctic King’. Sow exhibition onion seeds now to give the bulbs time to grow as big as possible.