Strobilanthes dyerianus

Plant Characteristics

Habit		shrub
Height:	⇕	3 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3.
Width:	⇔	3 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3.
Lifespan:	⌛	perennial
Bloom:	❀	early spring, mid spring, late spring, early summer, mid summer, late summer

Cultivation

Exposure:	☼	sun
Features:	✓	flowers
USDA Zones:		10 to 12
Flower features:	❀	blue, purple

Scientific Names

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Strobilanthes dyerianus (Persian Shield) is a tropical plant native to Myanmar. It is grown for its dark green foliage with bright, metallic-purple stripes radiating outward from the central leaf vein. In proper conditions, it will also produce pale purple flowers. Persian Shield grows best outdoors in USDA zones 9 and 10, although it can survive in other zones as a houseplant given sufficient temperature, soil moisture and humidity.

Read about Strobilanthes dyerianus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Strobilanthes dyerianus, Mast. An erect, branching, soft-wooded stove shrub: st. hirsute: lvs. opposite, 6-8 in. long, elliptic-lanceolate, serrulate, cordate at base, sessile, variegated with iridescent tints of blue and lilac, rose-purple beneath: fls. in erect spikes, 1 1/2 in. long, pale violet; calyx unequally 5-lobed, lobes linear, obtuse; corolla-tube curved, ventricose, limb of 5 short, broad, revolute lobes. Burma.—Used for bedding. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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