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Pará cress | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

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Pará cress

Acmella oleracea

Genus: Acmella
Family: Asteraceae
Common Names: agrião do para, Brazil cress, brede mafane, eye ball plant, novacaine plant, phak khraat hua van, salad cress, spot plant, toothache plant, para cress

About this plant

A tender, evergreen perennial usually grown as an annual, with culinary and medicinal uses. The leaves are dark bronzy green and the petal-less, pompom flowers, produced from mid-summer to early autumn, are yellow with a red centre

Growing Information

Height

0.1-0.5 Metres

Spread

0.1-0.5 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Evergreen

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full SunPartial Shade

Soil

Loam

Neutral

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Moisture

Poorly Drained

Aspect

West FacingEast FacingSouth Facing

Exposure

Exposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Sow seed in pots in frost-free conditions - do not cover as the seeds need light to germinate. Plant young plants out when all risk of frost has passed, and remove plants at the end of the season. Does best in a sunny position, in moist, fertile, well-drained, neutral soil

Pruning

No pruning needed

Propagation

Propagate by seed, or by softwood cuttings in summer

Pests

Generally pest free

Diseases

Generally disease free

Garden Uses

Uses

Ground CoverPatio Container

Planting Places

OutdoorConservatory

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumnWinter

Size & Characteristics

Height

0.1-0.5 Metres

Spread

0.1-0.5 Metres

Habit

Bushy

Time to Full Height

Two To Five Years