Solenostemon scutellarioide

Ideal for putting a little color into your world, painted nettle is an unusually vibrant plant. With leaves that erupt in a wide array of rich hues, from yellow to red to purple, painted nettle is a complete masterpiece. Grow and you'll enjoy!

Sprouts in: 1 - 2 weeks

Full size in: 4 - 8 weeks

Enjoy for: 4 - 17 weeks

• Grows best in temperatures between 18 - 30 °C / 64 - 86 °F.

• To promote a bushier look you may pinch off the tips in about 20 days of age. If you don’t do that, it is also just fine.

• Painted Nettle is a leafy ornamental plant. Despite that, tiny inconspicuous flowers will appear in when the plant is fully grown.

• It requires very little care, at some point the leaves will wither, this is just nature happening. Removing the old leaves is the only care it needs.

• Enjoy its highly decorative variegated leaves at least 3 months after planting the pods.

• The plant is not edible. Poisonous!