SETCREASEA PUPUREA

Setcreasea purpurea or Purple Heart Plant is trailing perennial producing ascending purple stems. Large, pointed, narrowly oblong leaves, 8-15cm long, are V-shaped in section, and fleshy, hairless, rich violet-purple. In summer, bears bright pink flowers in paired, terminal cymes. Leaves colour best in bright sunlight and when the root zone is slightly dry and cramped.