Frost free gardens only unless you treat it as a bedding annual.
Alternanthera dentata ruby.
Two types are widely available.
You can see in the images the leaf size difference between dentata on top and little ruby.
One that s usually.
30 40cm high x 60 90cm wide.
This alternanthera has a compact spreading habit beautiful deep burgundy foliage and is a real stand out plant in any garden.
How to cut back care for the alternanthera plant.
More frost tolerant than the common form.
Alternate anthers in the genus are barren.
Little ruby alternanthera dentata lru30 emporium hotties range plant description.
Little ruby alternanthera dentata lru30 compact spreading habit.
Several species are notorious noxious weeds.
Alternanthera dentata little ruby is a compact form growing to only to 40cm in height and spreading to almost a metre.
It has a sprawling habit in warmer climates grow as a perennial in colder climates grow as annual planting after the last frost.
Alternanthera dentata is a tropical perennial typically grown as an annual known for its colorful foliage that ranges from burgundy to purple.
Little ruby alternanthera is a fine choice for the garden but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor containers and hanging baskets.
Stunning deep burgundy foliage.
Alternanthera dentata little ruby little ruby alternanthera is a great low maintenance plant to add colour to your landscape.
Little ruby offers an alternative to traditional blooming bedding plants.
Plants of the genus may be known generally as joyweeds or joseph s coat.
Images show colour in overcast and sunny conditions.
The beautiful foliage in shades of burgundy and purple adds rich color to the landscape and is consistently attractive throughout the season.
Genus name comes from the latin words alternans meaning alternating and anthera meaning anther.
Compact richly coloured popular ground cover smaller lower growing less vigorous than alternanthera dentata with a more purple tone.
It thrives in humid subtropical gardens.
Native to the west indies and brazil the plant is chiefly grown for its coloured foliage it is one of the dozen synonyms of alternanthera.
Alternanthera dentata known as little ruby and ruby leaf alternanthera is a fast growing ornamental groundcover plant in the amaranth family which was first described by conrad moench and got its current name from stuchlík and robert elias fries.
Small garden hedges also as a ground cover in.
Alternanthera is a genus of flowering plants in the family amaranthaceae it is a widespread genus with most species occurring in the tropical americas and others in asia africa and australia.
Little ruby alternanthera is the perfect mounding ground cover with a compact spreading habit and deep burgundy foliage making it a real stand out plant in the garden it is approximately a third the height of the common form.
White flowers in spring.
It is often used as a filler in the spiller thriller filler container combination providing a canvas of foliage against which the thriller plants stand out.
