I received this plant wrapped in a moist papertowl inside a zip lock bag from my boyfriend's mom. She got it from the Amish in Casey Coun...Read Morety, Kentucky. I didn't get to plant it until a couple days after recieved it. But I did as she recommended, placed it on moist soil of a well draining pot and just watered it every couple of days. It has flourish. I have repotted it once and have given pieces to several people. I have had it on a porch and in a window inside during the winter. I started a new little plant and both are blumming now (June). I have never seen this plant in a nursery before.
This plant does well in a hanging basket and grows rapidly. It propagates readily from cuttings. I love to crush some leaves and put th...Read Moreem in the toe of a stocking and hang in the shower when I have a cold. It really seems to help clear the sinus.
In looking for cerveza'n Lime', plectranthus, I could not find an exact match, but the pictures match well for Vicks, mine has more of a ...Read Morecitrus scent. I received it as a cutting and am trying it out of doors in VA. I'll look a little closer for an exact match.
Los Angeles, CA (Zone 10a) | September 2005 | neutral
I've had P. cylindraceus for more then 5 years growing in very poor soil outdoors year round. It certainly is a surviver, and doi...Read Moreng well on its own. Its fragrance is somewhere between camphor and menthol.
Today, I finally cleaned it up, placed it in a larger pot with fresh soil, and gave it a good trimming.
Did some research on it, from 'Sunset's Garden Book' syn. P. marrubioides, native of Africa, common names: 'Vick's Plant' and 'Mentholato'.
The VA hospital at Lyons, NJ grows about two hundred 5 inch pots a year and never has lost a pot. i have never seen flowers on the plant....Read More it could be that we are always taking cuttings. its a big seller for us and good for our traing program
I have had vicks plants for 3 years. I have made lots and lots of cuttings to give away. I had never seen one bloom until recently. I had...Read More a new start right over my sink and I knocked it off in my dishwater 2 days before it bloomed. I got it right out of the water and hoped it didn't die.
I obtained my first cutting from friend in Taos, NM. " Zone 5"
Now I have 4 plants from the same cutting well established...Read More in Glenn Hgts., TX " Zone 8" Plants are healthy and nothing BUGS them! As an Herbalist , I have extracted an alcohol based tincture,to be used externally for chest cold treeatments.
-Michael
I received this plant wrapped in a moist papertowl inside a zip lock bag from my boyfriend's mom. She got it from the Amish in Casey Coun...Read More
This plant does well in a hanging basket and grows rapidly. It propagates readily from cuttings. I love to crush some leaves and put th...Read More
In looking for cerveza'n Lime', plectranthus, I could not find an exact match, but the pictures match well for Vicks, mine has more of a ...Read More
I've had P. cylindraceus for more then 5 years growing in very poor soil outdoors year round. It certainly is a surviver, and doi...Read More
The VA hospital at Lyons, NJ grows about two hundred 5 inch pots a year and never has lost a pot. i have never seen flowers on the plant....Read More
I have had vicks plants for 3 years. I have made lots and lots of cuttings to give away. I had never seen one bloom until recently. I had...Read More
I obtained my first cutting from friend in Taos, NM. " Zone 5"
Now I have 4 plants from the same cutting well established...Read More