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Chameleon Plant (Houttuynia cordata)

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This plant can be a menace in your garden and it also can be fun. Very often sold as a bog plant because it thrives in water as high as the root crown. But as all aquatic-plants it is also drought hardy and adapts to dryer locations.

It does fine in sun or shade, but the variegated leaves with a wide range of color do much better in sun. The white flowering-plants appear in June and July, but are not as significant?? than the colorful variegated leaves, which have a potent scent if crushed. The white roots or scented too. In Asia the leaves are used in salads, the white roots cleaned and cut to lengths make a spicy substitute for bean sprouts.

The strain native to Viet Nam has a flavor akin to coriander, while the Japanese strain is a sweet combination of lemon, orange, ginger. The species is found in much of China, Java, Nepal, Southeast Asia & Japan, preferring temperate zones or cool mountain heights.

Zone 5-9.



Cannot ship to California or Hawaii, ships with soil
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