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"Native to Java, the Velvet plant (also Purple Velvet plant, Purple Passion) is a woody-based evergreen perennial that is noted for its velvety, purple-haired foliage. In its native habitat, it will grow to 2 feet tall and spread to 4 feet wide over time. They can reach up to 9 feet in containers. Coarsely-toothed, ovate to elliptic, green leaves are covered with reddish-purple hairs. Weak stems are initially erect but tend to sprawl with time. "Clusters of tiny, senecio-like, discoid, orange-yellow flowers appear in winter. The flowers have an unpleasant odor but generally do not appear when plants are grown in lower light. ‘Purple Passion’ (Purple Passion vine) is a decumbent cultivar featuring trailing or twining stems. |
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(Information reprinted from www.exoticangel.com, the source of our blooming plant. Our velvet plant (a.k.a. "Purple Passion") was a gift from a friend and is growing beautifully with many blossoms at the time of this writing November-December 2008). The flowers do have a somewhat unpleasant odor but you have to get right up to them and they are quite small! |
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