Cephalophyllum 'Red Spike' | | Groundcover
Cephalophyllum 'Red Spike' belongs to the plant family AIZOACE and Genus Cephalophyllum This Groundcover prefers Dry soil , a pH which can apply to most normal garden soil conditions, . All plants need light to allow the photosynthesis process of converting carbon dioxide to growth sugars to take place. Some plants need more sun-light than others. For this plant those sunlight conditions are well described as … Various
We are often asked about plants for humming bird attraction. Unfortunately Cephalophyllum 'Red Spike' does not attract these beautiful hummingbird, sunbird or nectar feeding varieties of garden birds
Impressive Autumn foliage display is not shown by Cephalophyllum 'Red Spike' so look for an alternative plant for pleasing Fall leaf properties
Cephalophyllum 'Red Spike' is not known as a butterfly attracting plant
Almost all plants grown in gardens need to be fed using fertilzer in order to see them at their best. For this plant the suggested fertilizer program would be based upon … Typical mix of: 3 parts Nitrogen (N), 2 parts Phosphorous (P) and 3 parts Potassium (K for Latin name Kalium).
This somewhat tender plant can only survive cold winter nights that dip to 20 Fahrenheit. It does well in dry soils. Cephalophyllum 'Red Spike' is drought tolerant.
Cephalophyllum 'Red Spike' will under good growing conditions survive and prosper between 3 and10 years.
Cephalophyllum 'Red Spike' is a perennial.
This specimen plant will normally never grow higher than 5" feet will have an overall spread somewhere between ... not specified on this plants page
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"Xeriscape Gardening: Water Conservation for the American Landscape", Connie Lockhart Ellefson, Thomas L. Stephens, and Douglas Welsh, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York, 1992.