Foliage Tie-Dye For

Hypoestes phyllostacya is commonly called the Polka Dot Plant or Freckle Face.
Personally I think it would make more sense to call it the Tie-Dye Plant.

The splash-of-color foliage is a bold attention grabber.
I have pink in my garden, and I've also seen it in white and red.

It's a tropical/tender perennial that can be grown as a houseplant.
Since hypoestes can be propagated from cuttings,
I'm going to try bringing some in for the winter
as a colorful addition to my indoor garden. 

Comments

[Felicia]

I've always love the colors of this plant.

[Muum]

I did have this as a houseplant, some years ago, but it got all leggy and ugly , does this happen to everyone, or maybe I didn't do something right?? Any thoughts

[Connie]

Lovely colors!

[Beth]

I didn't know about this plant before this year, and I was so happy to find a foliage-only plant fit into the pink-white-green color scheme of my rose garden.

Muum, I don't know from personal experience, but I did read about growing these outdoors that you need to pinch them back or they get leggy. So maybe they need a lot of pinching indoors too....