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Love this one. It was growing wild on an empty lot near my home--zone 10a; island off the Gulf Coast of FL--and a few years back I pulled...Read More
This is an attractive houseplant in the north, grown for its variegated foliage and its zigzag stem habit. It rarely blooms.
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I've had one of these plants for at least 10 years. it has never bloomed. This year for some reason it is dying and I am very sad about...Read More
I took a clipping off one of my mother's plants and she got got a clipping from her mother's plant. It's very easy to grow. I had one abo...Read More
I have had this as an indoor plant since my son was about 4 years old. He is now 46. It is easy to grow just don't over water. I have ...Read More
I would of never gussed that this crooked, varrigated, spindley plant growing in my garden was in fact this wonderous herb.
Accord...Read More
I took a clipping a few years ago off my brother's plant which he has planted in the ground. I kept that one in a pot and in one year it ...Read More
The plant I have now on my front porch is from cuttings of my mothers plant, which is well over 5 feet tall. Her cuttings came from my gr...Read More
I must proclaim the merits of Pediilanthus tithymaloides, commonly called called Jacob's ladder or Zig-zag plant.
If you live in o...Read More
Years ago I was given a cutting from a very old Devil's Backbone plant. I stuck the cutting in a pot in back of the house and forgot abo...Read More
Have to constantly check plant for CABBAGE WORMS & remove them. Hard to locate them, look just like the stem
and they bite!!
a dear DGer gave several cuttings and it rooted effortlessly. While I was rooting it, I had it in full shade. I have since transplanted...Read More
Happily growing in Miami Fl. Interesting, decorative leaves and zig-zagged stems. Easy to root in soil. I've grown mine in dappled shade ...Read More
I'm above its native zone (I'm 7b), but by moving the planter into a greenhouse for winter it does well here and stays green/white - less...Read More
I got mine from one of my terrific neighboors. I've always loved its uniqueness and how well it grows with hardly any maintenance whatsoe...Read More
I have grown this plant here in Houston in a large outdoor pot for years. It is a very easy care plant with no disease or pest problems....Read More
Very hardy plant. Roots very easily. Pinch off center leaves to promote fuller growth.
This is one of my fevorite plants! We took our mother plant with us when we moved but found that it did not agree with the sunny spot we ...Read More
I received one pot of this plant from a friend and now have dozens of them. It roots easily just by breaking off a stem and sticking the...Read More
Variegated Devil's Backbone, Pedilanthus tithymaloides is a succulent shrub with zigzagged stems native to dry tropical forests of Florid...Read More
I grew this plant as a houseplant in Houston. It thrived very well. I live in Colorado now and would like to obtain another one. Who s...Read More
Pedilanthus grows in a hot, dry, half sun area where nothing else would grow. It is always colorful. It is hardy in this protected area...Read More
I live in the Orlando Florida area. I have had my Devil's Backbone for at least 18 years. If it is kept in the sun, the white on the le...Read More
I have a start of this plant that I'm trying to root. The mother, however is HUGE!!! The lady that gave me my cutting has had the plant f...Read More
This plant was growing on the side of my house when we bought it nine years ago. I installed a trellis behind the plant and trained it u...Read More
I find this plant extremely attractive in raised beds with other tropical plants. Mine have bloomed with tiny red flowers from slipper sh...Read More
It is also called 'red-bird plant'. The little flowers at the tips of new growth resemble a bird.
It thrives in partial shade and well-drained sandy soil. Planting should be done in the spring. Devil's backbones do best in bright indir...Read More