Hoja Santa

Hoja Santa Care

Piper Auritum

What is the plant

Piper may be shrubs, climbers or small trees. The leaves vary from narrowly-oval to rounded and may have a pungent aroma. The flowers, with no petals or sepals, appear in narrow spikes, followed by single-seeded fruit.P. auritum is a tender shrub that can be grown outdoors as a herbaceous perennial. It has very large, heart-shaped, aromatic leaves and flowers resembling cream rat's tails in summer

humidity

Normal

lighting

Part sun and part shade

hardiness zone

9b - 10

difficulty

Medium

How to Care for the Plant

Water
Keep them evenly hydrated.
Pruning
Plant in a contained space of occasionally root prune extremities of the planting to control spread.
Fertilizer
don’t use any fertilizer at all, but in a container, they should be fed a well balanced fertilizer.

Disease diagnosis

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Sunlight
Part sun to shade.
Soil
average well-drained
Temperature
Frost will burn it, but it tolerates above freezing Winter temperatures fairly well.

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Popularity
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Hoja Santa Care

How to Care for the Plant

Water

Pruning

Fertilizer

Sunlight

Soil

Temperature

Popularity