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Polka Dot Plant

Hypoestes phyllostachya

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Description:

Pink and green variegated leaf plant

Habitat:

Growing in backyard in part to full sun

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Hypoestes phyllostachya

Species ID Suggestions

Nerve or Mosaic plant

Fittonia verschaffeltii

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Dangermouse
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Comments (9)
Dangermouse
Hmm, native to Madagascar....very similar, though. Could well be. I'm off to a garden centre today, I'll see if I can find the exact name of the one I think it is. :) I've never seen a vinca variegated before - learn something new everyday! :)
CindyBinghamKeiser
Ha! I was searching for something else and found this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoestes_phyllostachya Whatcha think?
CindyBinghamKeiser
Actually the other plant is Vinca Vine Variegata. It grows so well in full shade under our enormous old avocado tree. Still looking for the pink variegated one :)
Dangermouse
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jayjayc/4923782704/ Might help, but if you search for 'pink fittonia', you'll get a lot of similar images. And the other plant in the picture is euonymus, isn't it?
Dangermouse
Well, it's my job to know so much, but here these are indoor plants and they are definitely not my speciality! Somehow I manage to kill them.... Lol! Anyway, I do get the two mixed up, but I would try fittonia first. :)
CindyBinghamKeiser
LOL, you two are funny. I wish I knew as much about plants as you both. Thank you for the genus ID. I can't find the species for the pink variegated plant. Peperomia is quite large!
Dangermouse
I am *always* getting those two mixed up!
Dangermouse
Oh, I should know this one! I think it's either fittonia or peperomia, I just can't remember which! We have the same here, but they're more indoor plants.

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PublishedJuly 31, 2011

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