Purple Waffle Plant - Live Plant in a 4 Inch Pot - Hemigraphis Alternata - Rare and Elegant Indoor Houseplant

The purple waffle plant, also known as red ivy, is a tropical perennial with a prostrate, spreading growth habit and beautiful oval leaves with gray-green tops and purple bottom surfaces. The tiny white flowers that appear in summer are attractive but secondary to the beautiful foliage. The purple waffle plant, also known as red ivy, or metal leaf, is a slow-growing, herbaceous, tropical perennial of the Hemigraphis genus and Acanthaceae family. It is one of the most attractive indoor plants with its purple-tinted and heavily textured leaves. It produces white flowers in summer that perfectly contrast with its dark purple leaves and puckered appearancewhich develops to increase the surface area over each leaf. The purple waffle plant is a low-growing perennial growing to a height of 6-8 inches and makes the ideal groundcover for indoor plants, such as Ficus trees and Ti plants. The purple waffle plant does best in partial sun outdoor or in bright indirect light indoors. Direct sun can cause the edges of leaves to scorch or the color to bleach, and the cool metallic sheen of the leaves may also fade in direct sun.