That's an originally south-asian variety of nettle in bloom, coleus/painted nettle; if you look close, the familiarity to other nettle variations is easy to spot, but also easy to miss because the colourful leaves are rather distractding. In Germany it's mostly only an indoor plant as it's very frost-sensitive, or used in seasonal decorative outdoor plantings only. The English Wiki says it's an evergreen perennial, so clearly in other climates. *g* In German it's called "Buntnessel", Plectranthus scutellarioides, and used to be a very common indoor plant, as it was really hard to kill, very easy to grow, and very beautiful with all kinds of variations of the leaves. I've wanted a pretty one for years, but didn't found one with the kind of leaf colour I like yet - much like the one you have there! :o)
When I finished 4th grade, our teacher gave all of us a cutting of the Buntnessel plant that was in our classroom. I no longer have the plant that grew from the original cutting but I still have a plant that grew from a cutting from a cutting of the original cutting. So yep, they're definitely easy to grow (and propagate)!
I don't think I actually know what non-painted nettle looks like, so I probably won't see it, but I'll take your word it's similar!
If it doesn't deal well with frost, maybe we should take a cutting before it gets to the point in the year where hard frost is a danger, or maybe just put it in a pot for the winter. It's really a lovely plant.
Taking a cutting is doubtlessly a great idea! I remember that they take really easily, and are easy to keep, like Oloriel suggests. So stining nettles aren't a common weed in your parts of the world? This is one of the things one never thinks about, I suppose, like a kind of weed you take for totally granted everywhere remotely in your climate. *g*
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Date: 2019-08-21 06:30 am (UTC)In German it's called "Buntnessel", Plectranthus scutellarioides, and used to be a very common indoor plant, as it was really hard to kill, very easy to grow, and very beautiful with all kinds of variations of the leaves. I've wanted a pretty one for years, but didn't found one with the kind of leaf colour I like yet - much like the one you have there! :o)
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Date: 2019-08-22 03:13 am (UTC)I don't think I actually know what non-painted nettle looks like, so I probably won't see it, but I'll take your word it's similar!
If it doesn't deal well with frost, maybe we should take a cutting before it gets to the point in the year where hard frost is a danger, or maybe just put it in a pot for the winter. It's really a lovely plant.
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Date: 2019-08-22 10:20 pm (UTC)So stining nettles aren't a common weed in your parts of the world? This is one of the things one never thinks about, I suppose, like a kind of weed you take for totally granted everywhere remotely in your climate. *g*
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Date: 2019-08-24 03:40 am (UTC)