Chameleon Plant - Houttuynia Cordata

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Chameleon Plant - Houttuynia Cordata

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Chameleon Plant - Houttuynia Cordata

A showy plant with heart-shaped variegated leaves. Red stems bear red, green & yellow leaves, to 18". Chameleon works well as a ground cover near the edge of the pond. The leaves are fragrant and it gets a small white flower in early summer. 

This aquatic plant or border plant is very easy to propagate by dividing or cutting.

Hardiness Zone: 5-11
Planting Container: 2 gallon solid planting container or a medium planting bag or a 10" floating planting container.
Light Requirements: full sun to part shade
Height: 6"-12" - Spread: Running Habit
Water Depth: Moist soil or water up to 1" (Maximum water depth is for mature bog plants)

Shipping Size: 4" Pot - Approximate 8" Plant. Height varies through season.

Shipping Window March - August

PLANTING BOG PLANTS

Plant these as you would tropical lilies, making sure that you don't cover the crown of the plant. Most all of the bog plants that we sell come in 2" net pots. Care should be taken when removing the plants from these pots. If the roots of the plant are growi.n g out of the net pots, using a pair of scissors, carefully cutthe net pot away and gently remove the plant, saving as many roots as possible.

Place the plants in a shady area for them to adjustto the sun, wind and outdoor enviroment, as most of the plants are coming out of a greenhouse and need a couple of days to adjust to being outside. Bog plants after being planted in their new pots prefer moist soil until established and should only be in water deep enough to keep the soil moist. Once they are established and growing heartily, the water above the top of the pot can be as deep as 1/2" to 3", depending on the size of the plant.

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Reviews

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Houtannynia

I grow this in average soil with average moisture. It fills in quite prolifically. In other words make sure you want it where you want it. It is quite beautiful.

Reviewed Tue, Apr 24 2018 12:31 pm by
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Chameleon Plant

This plant is extremely invasive! When established, short of a nuclear explosion, there is no way to get rid of it!

Reviewed Tue, Jan 15 2019 8:12 am by
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Invasive

This is one of the most invasive ground covers, and if you plant it then this plant will take over anything near it and it is very difficult to eradicate. Our personal experience.

Reviewed Thu, Mar 07 2019 4:38 am by
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Houttuynia Cordata Variegata

I didn't realize this plant was a bog plant. I was given this plant as a ground cover. It can be very invasive, but I have it between my house foundation (river rock) & a sidewalk, so the concrete keeps it in check. Early in the spring I have Virginia Blue Bells & daffodils that bloom there, then they die down & it starts to sprout up. It grows to 12"-14". I elevate large pots of Burgundy cannas within the flower bed & it looks beautiful !

Reviewed Mon, Jun 10 2019 7:40 am by

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