Never Never Plant

Ctenanthe setosa

Never Never Plant is a tropical evergreen perennial with large, attractive elongated foliage with a stripped pattern and purple undersides that is commonly used as a houseplant.  Grows best with good indirect sun, consistently moist well-drained soils.  Gets to be 2ft tall and 3ft wide when grown indoors.

MAINTENANCE NEEDS: Low Maintenance.  Keep the soil lightly moist, but lessen water in winter, and when the leaves are forming let the first inch of topsoil be dry to the touch before watering.  Fertilize once or twice month during the growing season, diluted twice.  If the leaves are twisting, its getting too little water, but if the leaves are spotting then water is stagnating on the leaves or in the pot.  If the leaves are twisting with fading color, then it is getting too much sun.

IMAGES: Photo by David J. Stang, Ctenanthe setosa 10zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Patrice78500, Ctenanthe setosa - Serres d'Auteuil, CC BY-SA 3.0, (3) Photo by David J. Stang, Ctenanthe setosa 3zz, CC BY-SA 4.0, (4) Photo by David J. Stang, Ctenanthe setosa 6zz, CC BY-SA 4.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.