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Houseplant
Bushy
H1c (heated greenhouse - warm temperate)
Cream, Green and Pink in Summer
Green in Autumn, Spring, Summer and Winter
0.1-0.5 metres
5-10 years
missionary plant
Urticaceae
Pilea can be annuals or evergreen perennials with slightly succulent stems, simple, often attractively marked or textured leaves and insignificant, pinkish flowers
P. peperomioides is an erect evergreen perennial to 30cm or more, with fleshy, rounded, long-stalked mid-green leaves to 10cm in length; tiny pale green flowers sometimes tinged pink
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Grow under glass or in a frost-free enviroment. Requires high humidity, branches become woody at base
Propagate by seed, by division or detatch rosettes in spring
Low Maintenance or Patio/Container Plants
No pruning required
Generally pest free
May be subject to powdery mildews
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