Scientific Name
Acalypha hispida
Common Name
Chenille plant
Annual Flowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Flowering Season:
Summer
Light Requirements:
Light shade
Flower Color:
Up to 20 inch spikes of small red flowers
Height:
15 to 18 inches
Spacing:
3 feet
Comments:
Needs good air circulation; male and female flowers on separate plants
Cultivars:
Alba (white); var. pendula (syn. A. repens)
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