It can grow well in containers or outdoor flowerbeds.
Persian carpet plant.
It forms a low mound or tuft of bright green leaves loaded with starry deep pink flowers from mid summer into the fall.
It has gained a reputation as a particularly difficult plant to keep alive because of its very specific growing needs with much light and relatively high above 60 f 15 c winter temperatures.
The genus is named after edith cole 1859 1940.
Edithcolea grandis is a succulent plant with leafless richly branched perennial and decumbent stems with a diameter of 2 to 4 cm and up to 30 cm in length.
Sure to attract lots of oohs and aahs.
They are known for their long 4 7 inch leaves that range in color from purple to silver combined with green veins.
The beautiful leaves of the persian shield plant botanical name strobilanthes dyerianus offers vibrant color far longer than a flowering plant.
Prefers a sandy or gritty soil.
Edithcolea is a monotypic genus with a single species edithcolea grandis persian carpet flower.
This dazzling heims coral bell has leaves that are a blend of persian carpet colors including red purple silver and a number of other metallic shades.
The base color of the plant varies from green to red with brownish spots.
Farš e irâni ˈfærʃe ʔiːɾɒːˈniː or persian rug persian.
قالی ايرانى romanized.
Although this plant s name is persian it is native to myanmar formerly burma not persia.
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Once classified in the family asclepiadaceae it is now in the subfamily asclepiadoideae of the dogbane family apocynaceae.
فرش ايرانى romanized.
In cooler climates it is grown as an annual plant and is even more popular as a houseplant because it tends to bloom during winter.
It is native to africa and to the arabian peninsula.
The glabrous stems are 4 or 5 angled and armed with regularly placed hard and acute spine like.
1 492 110 also known as autumn campion this is a useful rock garden plant for late season colour flowering at a time when most other alpines are long finished.
Edithcolea grandis is a succulent plant with leafless richly branched perennial and decumbent stems with a diameter of 3 4 2cm up to 1 1 2 4cm at a multi branched stem and up to 12 30cm in length.
Qâli ye irâni ɢɒːˈliːje ʔiːɾɒːˈniː also known as iranian carpet is a heavy textile made for a wide variety of utilitarian and symbolic purposes and produced in iran historically known as persia for home use local sale and export.
A persian carpet persian.
It is a sub shrub that is evergreen in hot climates.
The glabrousstems are 4 or 5 angled and armed with regularly placed hard and acute spinelike teeth ortubercules.
Persian carpet flower is occasionally cultivated as an ornamental in desert gardens worldwide.
