I LOVE this plant! Living in Iowa, it is a house plant that summers outside on my north-facing porch, where it gets lots of morning sun....Read More I take small cuttings before the end of the season and stick them in water to root. They root easily if the cuttings are small. A rescue nursery near me didn't know the plant and had no luck with large, woody cuttings with flowers still on. She will try my method, then pot up the rooted cuttings to overwinter inside. I've had this plant about 5 years now and it always delights.
My plant didn't make it through the winter very gracefully, I have tried taking stem cuttings and getting them to root without much succe...Read Moress. I was wondering if any one has any more detailed advice on how to propagate this plant.
Thanks.
there seems to be much confusion on the infernets about this plant. I bought the plant pictured as Cuban Oregano which in most places is...Read More said to be Plectranthus Amboinicus. Another plant that I bought as Puerto Rican Oregano which I think is the real Plectranthus Tomentosa. It has smaller leaves with no stems. Anyone able to clear this up?
I recently purchased this plant from a nursery in Canada. I love it! I potted it up in a mix of potting soil, coir fiber and a tsp. of wa...Read Moreter crystals. It is growing like crazy. I was told by someone that it was a member of the mint family; so I put it in a window box with my mints. It gets watered when they do.
I do thank you for the input on how to propagate it. I was wondering if I could take stem cuttings like the mints. I have it on a porch that gets 3-4 hours of direct sun and then 4-5 hours of bright, indirect light; with the temp of 50-75F. I bring it in at night as we still get down into the 30-40's.
Agree with below, though I grow them in a lightweight potting soil with no extra sand. Used to produce trays of these in the spring for a...Read More nursery, really popular novelty plant with general public. Makes an attractive specimen, but frankly, there are far prettier plectranthus. I water mine thoroughly, allow to get very dry, where the soil begins to crack away from the pot, in between. I fertilize mine pretty regulary with no discernable side effects.
Deer Park, TX (Zone 9a) | September 2007 | neutral
From Plant of the Week.org
Plectranthus tomentosa, or Vicks Plant, is a perennial plant with leaves that smell like Vick's Vap-O-R...Read Moreub or mentholatum when crushed. The light green, succulent, opposite leaves are broadly ovate, up to 3 1/2" long, and are densely covered with short hairs. The plants will reach up to 30" tall and the lower stems can become very woody. They are of easy culture and are hardy in USDA zones 9-12.
Blooming in early spring and again in the fall, the purple flowers occur in teriminal racemes. Individual flowers may reach 1/2" in length.
Culture: Plectranthus tomentosa need full sun to partial shade or high interior lighting with a well-drained soil mix. In the greenhouse, we use a soil mix consisting of 2 parts sand to 1 part loam to 1 part peat moss. The plants are will watered and allowed to dry before watering again. Fertilizer is applied only once during the growing season and it is diluted to 1/2 strength. If too much water is used, the leaves will turn yellow and get mushy. With overwatering, we have also had some plants where the stems rotted at the soil line. During the winter months, only water enough to keep the leaves from shriveling.
Propagation: From stem cuttings at any time during the growing season.
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I LOVE this plant! Living in Iowa, it is a house plant that summers outside on my north-facing porch, where it gets lots of morning sun....Read More
My plant didn't make it through the winter very gracefully, I have tried taking stem cuttings and getting them to root without much succe...Read More
there seems to be much confusion on the infernets about this plant. I bought the plant pictured as Cuban Oregano which in most places is...Read More
I recently purchased this plant from a nursery in Canada. I love it! I potted it up in a mix of potting soil, coir fiber and a tsp. of wa...Read More
Agree with below, though I grow them in a lightweight potting soil with no extra sand. Used to produce trays of these in the spring for a...Read More
From Plant of the Week.org
Plectranthus tomentosa, or Vicks Plant, is a perennial plant with leaves that smell like Vick's Vap-O-R...Read More