Plants

Combo Chef: Foliage fanatic
Landscape designer Cathy Testa created this foliage-rich combination for large containers. Golden shrimp plant is placed in the center and flanked by coleus Kong Rose and Ipomoea batatas 'Ace of Spades.' Golden shrimp plant (Pachystachys lutea) grows best in growing media low in organic matter. It produces more flowers when more nitrate nitrogen is used rather than ammoniacal nitrogen. Feed with 175-200 parts per million nitrogen on a continual liquid fertilizer program to maintain dark foliage ...
 

 

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