Attractive Plants To Grace The Porch

The striking ctenanthe oppenheimiana plant is a tropical perennial. It has green, white and blood red variegated leaves, ensuring it stands out amongst other plants, and making it a good choice for ground cover, and an overall excellent foliage plant; particularly within light coloured rock and pebble gardens and shaded areas.

This plant cannot stand full sun, prefering shaded and partially shaded regions of the garden, and consequently are suited for indoor growth, but they always require constantly moist soil.

Bought a pair from the morning market outside Stadium Indera Mulia a year ago for RM15 each. Growth is slow and watering has to be regular. Too much sun and the leaves would get burnt.