Gotu Kola, Spadeleaf

This plant was once highly touted on the west coast as a means of preventing aging. It tastes much like parsley and is said to be high in...Read More B vitamins and is a diuretic. Easily propagated from daughter plants and grows much the same as strawberries. Easy to grow in the south from seeds started in the spring or fall. Needs bright shade and ample water and may be invasive in the south. Also known as Indian pennywort, elephant plant, and marshpenny.

Grows really well in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Needs lots of water but likes full sun. Can tolerate semi-shade. Needs space to grow better. ...Read MoreMany people use raw Gotu Kola for medicinally purposes in salads or sandwiches (just a few leaves) and also make infusions from the fresh or dried leaves. Scientific researchs found that the plant improve legs circulation and memory.

Centella asiatica is the base of popular medicines against cellulitis and other superficial skin disorders, as well as antiinflammatory.

Centella asiatica is a very wide rangng subtropical stoloniferous herb - from the coastal plain of the SE United States south through Sou...Read Moreth America, and in southeast Asia, perhaps elsewhere. American plants are sometimes segregated as Centella erecta. It is very common on the coastal plain of the SE U.S. in a wide variety of moist to wet open areas, both in natural habitats and in disturbed or weedy areas. It is a common "weed" in my lawn but I really don't try to get rid of it, as the effort would be futile without lots of chemicals!

I found four of these at a local nursery, but they could not tell me much about them. Three wintered well in the winter greenhouse sittin...Read Moreg in a bird bath full of water but was a bit leggy in spring. One wintered in a birdbath outside in speckled shade, also in a bird bath full of water, and was much more compact. Supposedly highly valued for it's medicinal factors. Growing information is scarce. Aka Asiatic Pennywort or Spadeleaf. Tendrils grew into the water and started roots.