Persian Carpet Plant
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Persian carpet plant. Edithcolea is a monotypic genus with a single species edithcolea grandis persian carpet flower. 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. Once classified in the family asclepiadaceae it is now in the subfamily asclepiadoideae of the dogbane family apocynaceae. Prefers a sandy or gritty soil.
It will bud light blue flowers for a short time throughout the year. 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. Persian carpet flower is occasionally cultivated as an ornamental in desert gardens worldwide. The shiny leaves have dark purple veins and a dark purple edge.
It can grow well in containers or outdoor flowerbeds. It is native to africa and to the arabian peninsula. The genus is named after edith cole 1859 1940. The base color of the plant varies from green to red with brownish spots.
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. Click add to wishlist to receive an email if this plant is back in stock. The glabrous stems are 4 or 5 angled and armed with regularly placed hard and acute spine like.
Although this plant s name is persian it is native to myanmar formerly burma not persia. فرش ايرانى romanized. Farš e irâni ˈfærʃe ʔiːɾɒːˈniː or persian rug persian. It forms a low mound or tuft of bright green leaves loaded with starry deep pink flowers from mid summer into the fall.
A persian carpet persian. 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. The beautiful leaves of the persian shield plant botanical name strobilanthes dyerianus offers vibrant color far longer than a flowering plant. They are known for their long 4 7 inch leaves that range in color from purple to silver combined with green veins.
قالی ايرانى romanized. 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. It is a sub shrub that is evergreen in hot climates. 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.