Easy to Grow Plants - Small or Tabletop - Polka-Dot PlantPolka-Dot Plant - Hypoestes phyllostachya Polka-Dot Plant is great, easy to care for indoor foliage plant that is now also being used as an outdoor annual for borders and landscape brightening. This plant is kind of bushy like a scrub and has delicate, oval, pink or rose spotted leaves - hence the name. This is a perfect plant to accent an empty table top. Use a contrast color pot and watch the colorful foliage pop. Temperature & Humidity Average temperature is preferred but this plant is hardy enough to tolerate higher or lower temperatures but never 55F or below. Keep it in high humidity or mist daily early in the day. Light Proper light will allow this plant to achieve optimum color. Medium light intensity is best except for winter, when high light is recommended. Water Soil should be kept moist spring through the fall months. Since the plant does not actively grow in the winter, water less. Fertilize every two weeks during spring and summer with an acidic fertilizer. Don't let this plant get leggy; prune when it reaches 12 inches. |