Copperleaf Plant

Copperleaf may have difficulty thriving and will drop leaves without ample sunlight.

Copperleaf plant. Copperleaf is an easy-to-grow tropical shrub that often features brilliantly and dramatically variegated foliage. Copperleaf provides more color than most other flowering plants. In your area you can propagate Copperleaf by taking stem cuttings any time of year.

Copperleaf Acalypha wilkesiana By Eric Schmidt C opperleaf is an evergreen tropical shrub that has been cultivated in Florida for decades. Use it as a houseplant or as an annual or container plant outdoors where it is not hardy. The copper leaf plant is commonly found in the South Pacific tropical Americas and some parts of central and south Florida attributing to their warm climates and can be grown year-round.

Its evergreen in frost-free climates where its commonly used in landscapes. It has 4 to 8-inch heart-shaped leaves that come in a variety of mottled color combinations of green purple yellow orange copper crimson pink or white. Select your region to see how the current weather in your area affects the placement of Copperleaf in your home.

Lance Copperleaf Jacobs Coat Fire-Dragon Match-Me-If-You-Can Irish Petticoat Curly-Q Acalypha wilkesiana by hawkarica. Like the related Croton Codiaeum variegatum it is grown for its colored foliage. The best foliage color will be realized in full sun.

Noteworthy Characteristics Typically grown as an annual or. Also referred to as copperleaf its outstanding color varieties add a splash of constant accent color that works beautifully into backgrounds and in containers. It is particularly beneficial to skin afflictions that linger due to lack of regional vitality.

Copperleaf is best used topically to speed the resolution of slowly healing wounds and ulcers. Theres two plants I know of that go by the common name of Copperleaf Plant One is of the genus Alcalypha and the other of the genus Codiaeum you see this one growing as a tropical shrub all over south Florida. Copper plant is an annual plant grown for its vibrant foliage in gardens and landscapes.