Unknown Plant

Posted on December 7, 2005 by joelignacio

Two weekends ago, I was down in Milpitas (California), and noticed this Coleus-like plant in my sister-in-law’s sister’s garden. She didn’t know what it was, but gave me a couple cuttings.

Here’s the unknown plant
The unknown plant

The unknown plant with flowers
The unknown plant with flowers

Backside of the leaves
Backside of the leaves

Anyone know what this is?

[Edit Dec 9] It’s Plectranthus “Zulu Wonder” (Plectranthus ciliatus)

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  • http://gypsy_soul.livejournal.com/ gypsy_soul

    I know it as Mona Lavender. I have some also.

    http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantnop/plectranmonlav.htm

    • http://www.joelignacio.com/blog/ joelignacio

      Thank you so much for your help.

      I looked up Plectranthus ‘Mona Lavender’ and it was so close. Even the flowers looked similiar, but not quite like the parent plant… so I kept looking and found Plectranthus ‘Zulu Wonder” (Plectranthus ciliatus), which hit it on the nose. Thanks again for leading my search.

      http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/42079/

      • http://gypsy_soul.livejournal.com/ gypsy_soul

        Oh now that’s interesting! I’ve heard of a candlestick plant but didn’t know what it was. Glad you found it!