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Chlorophytum comosum vittatum

Mass plant, medicinal, hanging basket.

Plant Type:

General Size: small

Flowering Time: autumn | spring | summer | winter

Flowering Colour: white

Specifications: container plants | evergreen | fast growing | frost resistant | semi shade | townhouse gardens | waterwise

Description

The variegated, grass-like, leaves brighten up a shady area. These plants will survive some drought, but only really look attractive if watered regularly. They have fleshy, tuberous roots about 5 to 10 cm long. When in flower, the plant produces long, thin stems which carry white flowers, as well as plantlets at the tip of the flower stem. It flowers all year round. A single plant with a few of these stems will soon become a mother plant surrounded by a flock of “babies” – hence the name ‘hen and chickens’. Frost will kill the leaves, but mild frost will not damage the roots. The leaves are eaten as spinach.It’s an ideal plant for containers and hanging baskets. It is also used in Auruvedic medicine and is magical as the plant is placed in the room of an expectant mother as protection and the roots are soaked in water which is then taken daily to ensure the birth of a healthy child. This water is also given to the new born child as a purgative. The name is derived from the Greek ‘chloros’ meaning yellow green and ‘phyton’ meaning plant, referring to the green leaves and greenish flowers. Comosum means tufted.